Images of the Pleiades of the Turkic and Mongolic Peoples
МонголоведениеIntroduction. The Pleiades star cluster (hereinafter referred to as a constellation) was of extreme importance in the lives of the nomads of Inner and Central Asia of all the astral objects visible in the night sky.
Marina M. Sodnompilova, Bair Z. Nanzatov
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Whole mitochondrial genome analysis of the Daur ethnic minority from Hulunbuir in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variations are often associated with bioenergetics, disease, and speciation and can be used to track the history of women.
Chi-Zao Wang +4 more
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Documentary Heritage of Mongolic Peoples: Russia’s Archival Depositories Reviewed
Монголоведение, 2021 Introduction. The present review article is devoted to written Mongolian collections from repositories in different regions of Russia, which were formed thanks to the selfless work of brilliant Orientalists.
Keemya V. Orlova
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Early nomads of the Eastern Steppe and their tentative connections in the West. [PDF]
Evol Hum Sci, 2020 The origin of the Xiongnu and the Rourans, the nomadic groups that dominated the eastern Eurasian steppe in the late first millennium BC/early first millennium AD, is one of the most controversial topics in the early history of Inner Asia.
Savelyev A, Jeong C.
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Names of Leather Packages and Containers in the Mongolic Languages [PDF]
Oriental Studies, 2018 Though studied unevenly, the Mongolian languages have been long known both in Europe and Russia’s academic circles. The most investigated modern Mongolian languages are Khalkha Mongolian, Buryat and Kalmyk.
B. D. Balzhinimaeva
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Noyon Galdama in Written and Oral Traditions of Mongolic Peoples
Oriental Studies, 2022 Introduction. Oirat old-script texts tell us about the prominent historical figure of Noyon Galdma (Kalm., Oir. Һалдма, Һалдмба; Mong. Галдамаа, Галдамбаа), son of Khan Ochirtu-Tsetsen, grandson of Khan Baibagas of the Khoshuts and Khong Tayiji Erdeni ...
Elza P. Bakaeva
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Indo-European loanwords and exchange in Bronze Age Central and East Asia: Six new perspectives on prehistoric exchange in the Eastern Steppe Zone. [PDF]
Evol Hum Sci, 2022 Loanword analysis is a unique contribution of historical linguistics to our understanding of prehistoric cultural interfaces. As language reflects the lives of its speakers, the substantiation of loanwords draws on the composite evidence from linguistic ...
Bjørn RG.
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Ceremonial Folklore of Mongolic Peoples: Functions of the Snake Revisited
Oriental Studies, 2020 Introduction. In mythologies of the world, the image of the snake ranks among the most studied characters and has various interpretations. In folklore of Turko-Mongols, it has also been a subject of multiple analyses.
Liudmila S. Dampilova +1 more
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Oriental Studies, 2023 Introduction. The publication highlights efforts undertaken by Siberia Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (since 1851 — Siberia Department, since 1877 — Eastern Siberia Department) to explore the ethnography of the Mongolic peoples ...
Marsel M. Mannapov, Aybulat V. Psyanchin
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Turkic and Mongolic Peoples of Inner Asia: Natural Materials in Somatic Representations
Монголоведение, 2021 The aim of this article is to analyze traditional somatic ideas of the Turkic-Mongolians of Inner Asia that they formed as a part of their “theories” on the origin of the world and man. Data and methods.
Marina M. Sodnompilova
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