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Social and Economic Decline as Factors in Conflict in the Caucasus [PDF]

open access: yes
We argue that the conflicts in the Caucasus are the result of the abrogation by the elite of the earlier, Soviet era, social contract. This process was accompanied by the collapse of the formal economy; evidenced by huge national income compression ...
Glinkina, Svetlana P.   +1 more
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Kalmyks, Nogays and Other Peoples of Volga-Caspian Region in the Yan Pototskiys Writing «Travelling to Astrakhan»

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
In the presented article the author describes the composition of the outstanding Russian and Polish politician, traveler and scientist Yan Pototsky «Travel to Astrakhan» which represents a valuable source on the ethnography of Kalmyks and other people of
Aleksey Burykin
doaj  

Tracing the origin of the East-West population admixture in the Altai region (Central Asia) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A recent discovery of Iron Age burials (Pazyryk culture) in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia may shed light on the mode and tempo of the generation of the current genetic east-west population admixture in Central Asia. Studies on ancient mitochondrial DNA
Assumpció Malgosa   +8 more
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‘My Grandmother Smokes a Pipe . ’

open access: yesМонголоведение, 2019
Introduction. In everyday and ceremonial practices of the Kalmyks, tobacco smoking remained widespread till the mid-20th century. The topic has not been scientifically explored, which makes it relevant enough. Goals.
Tatyana I. Sharaeva
doaj   +1 more source

Determining the Area of Ancestral Origin for Individuals From North Eurasia Based on 5,229 SNP Markers. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Genet, 2022
Gorin I   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Religion and Globalization: Crossroads and Opportunities

open access: yes, 2018
A conversation between the First Vice-President of the Russian Philosophical Society, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of Moscow State University, Alexander Chumakov and the editor of the special series Contemporary Russian Philosophy at Brill, the ...
Chumakov, Alexander, Sergeev, Mikhail
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Those Who Could Not Wander And The Creation Of A State: The Jews And The Palestinians [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
When Jesus was in Jerusalem carrying his Cross to Cavalry, he took a moment to pause on a man\u27s ...
Klein, Adam S.
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'I Have My Own Spaceship'

open access: yes, 2018
This paper is about folk healers in Kalmykia, southwest Russia, locally referred to as medlegchi, and their eclectic healing methods that combine elements of the earlier religions of Buddhism, shamanism and folk beliefs with modern theologies, ideas and ...
Terbish, B
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