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Introduction. The matrices of Kalmyk seals, which are drawings and texts engraved on hard material (as well as their imprints on paper, sealing wax or other harder substances), have never been object of a special study. Kalmyk sphragistics, an auxiliary scholarly discipline that studies Kalmyk seals, takes its first steps with this article. At the same
Bembya Mitruev, Daria Gedeeva
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Kalmyk measures of length: ethnolinguistic aspect
The article is devoted to the study of Kalmyk measures of length. Folk terms, in contrast to universal official state measures forming a correlated system of metrological units, are characterized by a close connection with specific occupations of the population (cattle breeding, fishing, crafts, etc.).
K. P. Batyreva +2 more
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The anguish of repatriation : immigration to Poland and integration of Polish descendants from Kazakhstan [PDF]
Repatriation remains an unsolved problem of Polish migration policy. To date, it has taken place on a small scale, mostly outside of the state’s repatriation system.
Grzymała-Kazłowska, Aleksandra +1 more
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The article examines folk beliefs of the Kalmyks about somewhat sacral nature of the place where Donduk Dashi (popularly referred to as Balvatin Khan), the last Khan of the Kalmyks, was cremated in 1761; it narrates about presumed magic properties of ...
E. Bakaeva
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"Ethnographic Romanticism" in N.A. Durova’s Stories "Sulfur Key" and E.A. Gan’s "Utballa" [PDF]
The article considers N. A. Durova's novels "The Sulphur Key" and E.A. Gan's "Utballa". A. Gan's "Utballa" as an example of romantic prose and, at the same time, the presence of ethnographic elements in the novels gives grounds to speak of "ethnographic ...
K. A., Kabassova, N. B., Aristangaliyeva
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Abstract A new daily composite of the solar flare index (SFI) and the hemispherically‐resolved versions (hSFI) are presented for 1937 to 2024. The data set confirms that the northern hemisphere (NH) dominated solar flare activity during Solar Cycles 17 to 21, but that the southern hemisphere has dominated from Solar Cycle 22 to present.
V. M. Velasco Herrera +14 more
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Borders in a Borderland: The Buryat‐Cossacks and the Buryat National Movement, 1917–21
Abstract Between the February revolution and the 1921 end of the Russian Civil War, Buryat nationalists built a nation around Lake Baikal. Leaders sought Buryat autonomy within a postrevolutionary Russian polity. A lengthy border with Mongolia framed the region’s political geography and state‐builders competed for Buryat allegiances, compelling Buryat ...
Griffin B. Creech
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Tea in the traditional culture of the Kalmyks and Tuvans
The article analyzes the traditions and current state of consumption of milk tea among the Tuvans and Kalmyks. It was – and still is – considered a most required product characterized as vital, therapeutic, and, currently, ethnically essential.
Tatyana I. Sharaevа, Elena V. Aiyzhy
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Involvement of the Kalmyk military formations in the suppression of the Bashkir uprising in 1755
Background. Up to the present time, the Bashkir uprising of 1755–1756 continues to be considered in line with the colonial approach of “oppression – resistance”.
S.V. Dzhundzhuzov
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Overcoming Subaltern Silences: The Forgotten Buryat Soldiers of the Korean War
Abstract This article reassesses Soviet warfare practices by examining the use of non‐Slavic soldiers from Siberian ethnic minorities during the Korean War (1950–53). These soldiers, including Koreans, Buryats, Sakha Yakuts, and Tuvans, were deployed by the Soviet military in an elaborate deception scheme aimed at reinforcing Chinese units fighting on ...
Sayana Namsaraeva, Vitaly Tsytsykov
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