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Spear Fighting in the Military Art of the Kalmyks and Dzungars of the XVII – early XIX centuries [PDF]

Монголоведение, 2023
Introduction. The article examines the features of the formation and evolution of the Oirat light cavalry armed with spears of the Late Middle Ages and early Modern times. The purpose of the study is to identify the role of spear fighting in the military
Bobrov Leonid A.
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The Oirats and Tibet in the 17th-18th cc.: Tibetan and Russian Historiography on Some Events with the Participation of the Khoshuts and Dzungars [PDF]

Oriental Studies, 2018
The article examines the events during which the Oirats were involved in the political life of Tibet in the 17th-18th centuries; special attention is paid to the peculiarities of historiographic approaches to some facts. The prominent role played by the
E. P. Bakaeva
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‘Register of Dzungar Rifles’: or the Question of New Dzungar Recruits for the Stavropol Corps of Kalmyk Christians in State Policy, Late 1750s – Early 1760s

Монголоведение, 2020
Introduction. The article deals with religious policies that influenced ethnoconfessional military communities in the southeast of the Russian Empire during early modern period.
Andrey S. Ryazhev
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Tobolsk Reserve Museum of History and Architecture: Introducing a Seventeenth/Mid-Eighteenth-Century Quiver [PDF]

Oriental Studies, 2023
Introduction. The paper examines a richly decorated leather quiver (ВО-73) housed at Tobolsk Reserve Museum of History and Architecture. This quiver has never been subject to scholarly research. Goals.
Leonid A. Bobrov, Igor V. Balyunov
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Abulkhair Shibanid and the battle near the walls of Sygnak: to the question of Kazakh-Kalmyk relations in the XVth century [PDF]

Nomadic Civilization: Historical Research, 2023
The author of the article explores the issue of mentioning tribes known as “Oirats”, “Dzhungars” and “Kalmyks” in medieval sources. It is noted that in the literature this topic is reflected in oral traditions and written sources since the Middle Ages ...
B. G. Ayagan
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Stone Stela on Mount Gedeng: the Oirat Text of the Edict on the Suppression of the Dzungars

Монголоведение, 2020
After the fall of the Dzhungar Khanate in the second half of the 18th century, "the highest approved" official works by order of the Qing authorities appear in Chinese historiography.
Wurilumujiafu
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Tsoros, Choros, Baɣatud: Discussing Origins of the Tsoros (With Evidence from C2-F1067 Y-STR Haplotypes of Kalmyks). Part 2: The Torghut, Dzungar, Buzav

Oriental Studies
Introduction. The paper continues the study of origins of the Tsoros (Choros) — a prominent aristocratic clan of the Oirat. Goals. The work shall examine a number of identified Y-STR haplotypes of С2-F1067 among Kalmyks and propose some conclusions ...
Sanal V. Dzhagrunov, Aleksey A. Buluktaev   +1 more
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Migration of the Oirats in the first quarter of the 17th century on the eve of returning to Dzungaria

RUDN Journal of World History, 2021
In 1541 the Oirats managed to form the Middle Confederation, which was led by the Khoshuts as the most powerful people. In the second half of the same XVI century the Oirats, suffering from attacks of their neighbors - the Turkic peoples from the west ...
Baatr Uchaevich Kitinov
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Smolensk State Reserve Museum: A Kalmyk ‘Framed’ Helmet Reviewed

Монголоведение, 2022
Introduction. The article deals with an iron helmet stored at Smolensk State Reserve Museum (inv. no. OР-375) that has never been subject to any academic research. The goal.
Leonid A. Bobrov, Dmitry P. Alekseev
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Weapons and Banners of Dzungaria’s Oirats, Mid-18th Century: A Case Study of Qinding Huangyu Xiyu Tuzhi

Oriental Studies, 2021
Introduction. The article deals with “Qinding Huangyu Xiyu tuzhi” (QHXT), the Qing source of the second half of the 18th century, namely its chapter (juan) 41 devoted to the weapons and military symbols of the Oirats of the Dzungarian state (1635–1758 ...
Leonid A. Bobrov, Alexey M. Pastukhov
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