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Tuvan Autogenic Geological Terms and a Short Russian-Tuvan-English Geological Dictionary
This short dictionary is the first attempt to systematize information about the Tuvan names of things and phenomena related to geology, mining, and resources obtained after processing of mineral raw materials. Here we find a very brief Russian-Tuvan geological dictionary containing 131 terms, of which 49 terms are proposed for use for the first time ...
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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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The Role of Buddhism in Everyday Life of Congregants of Kyzyl: Preliminary Research
Introduction. The article addresses the issue of ‘ordinary’ religiosity of believers in Kyzyl, namely the role of Buddhism as a religion in their everyday life. The conducted ethnographic research (individual in-depth interviews with the laity and clergy
Khulerben K. Kadyg-ool +1 more
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ABSTRACT In contrast to the teleological nature of Western art music, minimalism has long been purported to be ‘anti‐teleological’ (Meyer 1963) – that is, the latter lacks the goal‐directedness that Wim Mertens (1983) views as a defining feature of the former.
Hunter Hoyle
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Recognized as part of the so-called Third Pole, the highlands of the Tuvan Altai represent the most arid part of the Russian Altai with a sharply continental climate, despite these features being a large glaciation node.
Dmitry A. Ganyushkin +12 more
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Associations of Facial Shape With Physical Strength and 2D:4D in a Turkish Male and Female Sample
ABSTRACT Objective Human sexual dimorphism in physical strength manifests itself in men having a greater muscle mass than women, reflecting ancestral roles in competition, protection, and provisioning. Prenatal testosterone exposure, approximated via the second‐to‐fourth digit ratio (2D:4D), is linked to increased muscular strength in both sexes ...
Fatih Aydık +3 more
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Mongolisms occupy a major place in the toponymy of Tuva – a group of toponyms which deserves urgent attention of scholars. A study of them should include a comparative analysis of Tuvan toponyms with place names in Mongolia populated by Tuvans.
Badarch Bayarsaikhan +1 more
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Personality as a Basis for Saving of Cultural and Historical Traditions
The article is devoted to the problems of preservation of cultural and historical traditions in the context of globalization and the unification of values and categorical systems.
A. .. Danchay-Ool, E. .. Aiyzhy
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The Code of China’s External Relations Chamber as a Source of Tuvan Customary Law
Introduction. Modern Russia’s sustainable legal framework is impossible without due regard for the historical legal diversity of its territories. From the 13th century to 1911, Tuvan history had been tied to that of Mongolic states and the Qing Empire ...
Vera M. Damdynchap
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Contemporary Youth Identity in the Republic of Tuva, Russia
Youth of ethnic Tuvan heritage within the Tuvan Republic (part of the Russian Federation) aged 6 to 24 represent a dynamic force which has been shaped by two factors. One is the ancient Turkic heritage of Tuvan culture.
Katherine Zeahan Leung
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