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Spiritual Culture of the Oirats in the Yuan and Early Ming Dynasties

open access: yesЭтническая культура
This article explores the spiritual culture of the Oirats against the backdrop of major historical transformations during the Yuan and early Ming dynasties.
Baatr U. Kitinov, Iue Sun
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“The Oirats-Ogeleds... crossed the Mankan River”: the ethnoreligious situation at the Oirats in the middle of XV - the beginning of XVI centuries

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2017
The article examines the problem, which so far had not been studied by the historical science - the fate of the Elet Oirats, who, according the Oirat and Kalmyk sources, suddenly had departured “to the west”.
B U Kitinov
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ON ISSUE TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE EARLIEST OIRATS

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2016
The article investigates the important historical problem that scientists are engaged in almost two centuries - the origin and composition of the Oirats. Recent discovered sources suggest the presence in the mid. XV - the mid.
Baatr Uchaevich Kitinov
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Myths and tales about the animals of the Oirats of Xinjiang

open access: yesФилология: научные исследования, 2023
The subject of the study is the fabulous folklore of the Oirats of Xinjiang. The object of the study is the specificity of mythological and fairy-tale texts about animals. It should be noted that the fabulous folklore of the Oirats still remains little known to domestic researchers, despite the fact that attempts to study it began in the middle of ...
Tamara Mikhailovna Sadalova   +1 more
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Buddha in the Mythological Tradition of the Oirats

open access: yesМонголоведение (Монгол судлал)
Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of the religious and mythological tradition of the Oirats, which underlies their ethnic worldview. The purpose of the study is to identify the relationship of different stages in the structure of archaic myths that appeared after the Oirats adopted the Buddhism. Materials and methods.
Baazr A. Bicheev, Urnukhdelger Dashzeveg
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To the issues of studying oirat and kalmyk lexicon

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article considers the issues of Oirat and Kalmyk lexical specificity in relation to the lexicon of ancient and modern Mongolian languages.While considering phonetic, lexical and derivational dialectisms of the Kalmyk language (Derbet, Torgut, Buzava ...
D. Muzraeva, A. Burykin
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The Colour Symbolism of the Oirat National Costume Revisited

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article analyzes the colour symbolism in the clothing of Oirats of Mongolia. The paper shows that the Oirat men’s costume was  characterized by combinations of white and black which stand for the key colour opposition in the culture of all Mongolian ...
E. P. Bakaeva
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Anonymous «The Story of Durben- Oirat» as a Historical Source

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article deals with an Oirat historical writing named «The Tale of the Durben-Oirats» which represents folk interpretations of real historical events.
Vladimir Sanchirov
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Migration of the Oirats in the first quarter of the 17th century on the eve of returning to Dzungaria

open access: yesRUDN 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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