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Folk Knowledge in Southern Siberia in the 1770s: Johan Peter Falck’s Ethnobiological Observations [PDF]
The southern Siberian Turkic groups were mostly unknown to outsiders when the Swedish scientist Johan Peter Falck (1732–1774) visited their settlements in the early 1770s.
Stahlberg, Sabira, Svanberg, Ingvar
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Kuchum’s Descendants and the Bashkirs: Attempts of Reconstructing the Siberian Khanate
Introduction. As is commonly believed in Russian historiography, the late 16th century witnessed a final collapse of the Siberian Khanate. However, that event was long followed by repeated attempts from ex-owners of Siberian Yurt — the Kuchumovichs ...
Azat S. Salmanov
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Forming the image of Other: Religion in the Geopolitical Maps Around Jungar and Kalmyk Khanates
The first third of XVIII century was very important for Kalmyks and Jungars. The political affairs, where Kalmyks, Russians, Jungars and Manchus as well as the external issues have been communicated, had been closely related with the religious matters ...
Baatr Uchaevich Kitinov
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Oirats and Tribes of Bargudzhin-oron [PDF]
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6673, Tsybikdorzhiev, Dorj V.
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Corral mass capture device for Asiatic wild asses Equus hemionus
Asiatic wild asses Equus hemionus are difficult to catch as most populations are subject to poaching and are thus very shy. Wild asses run fast and groups tend to split up when disturbed or chased. Free‐range darting normally only allows the capture of single individuals, and the recommended anaesthetic protocol requires the use of the potent opiate ...
Vitaliy Fyodorovich Levanov +2 more
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A Garrison in Time Saves Nine: Frontier Administration and ‘Drawing In’ the Yafahan Orochen in Late Qing Heilongjiang [PDF]
In 1882 the Qing dynasty government established the Xing’an garrison in Heilongjiang to counteract the impact of Russian exploration and territorial expansion into the region.
Kim, LE
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Ants from Northwestern China (Hymenoptera, Fomficidae)
An ecological survey of the ant fauna of the southern part of the Junggar Basin and adjacent mountains, Xinjiang, China, revealed 46 species of which 27 (59%) were new records for China. Most of the species are widespread and no endemics were found.
Cedric Collingwood, Harold Heatwole
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Back to Normalization or Conflict with China in Greater Central Asia? : Evidence from Local Students’ Perceptions [PDF]
Analysis of primary survey data collected among university students in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan shows that China’s surging influence is felt by locals in Greater Central Asia (GCA).
Chen, Yu-Wen, Günther, Olaf
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Seven Decades of Oirat Studies in China: 1949–2019
Introduction. Historically, the Oirats of China mainly live in the territory of Xinjiang, in the provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, and in the Western part of Inner Mongolia. Some of the Olets (descendants of Dzungars) live in the steppe part of the Emin Gol
Alatengaoqier, Baazr A. Bicheev
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The study of the history of the Dzungar khanate is of particular interest to world and national Orientalism. Problems of formation, activity and decline of this state in the XVII-XVIII centuries were studied at different times by Orientalists from Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and other countries.
O.N. Boldyreva, Wang Xia
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