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Tuvan Autogenic Geological Terms and a Short Russian-Tuvan-English Geological Dictionary

open access: yesSibirica, 2022
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 ...
openaire   +1 more source

Overcoming Subaltern Silences: The Forgotten Buryat Soldiers of the Korean War

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 84, Issue 3, Page 422-442, July 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Buddhism in Everyday Life of Congregants of Kyzyl: Preliminary Research

open access: yesOriental Studies
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
doaj   +1 more source

Reconsidering ‘Classical’ versus ‘Recombinant’ Teleologies: a Case Study of Philip Glass's Piano Etude No. 6

open access: yesMusic Analysis, Volume 44, Issue 1, Page 73-99, March 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Development of biota within the Seliverstov Glacier deglaciation zone after the Little Ice Age maximum (Mongun-Taiga mountain range, Southeastern Altai)

open access: yesActa Biologica Sibirica
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
doaj   +1 more source

Associations of Facial Shape With Physical Strength and 2D:4D in a Turkish Male and Female Sample

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 11, November 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Mongolisms in Tuvan Toponyms: A Comparative Analysis of Placenames in Tsengel sum of Bayan-Olgii Aimag, Mongolia with those of Tuva

open access: yesНовые исследования Тувы, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

Personality as a Basis for Saving of Cultural and Historical Traditions

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
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
doaj  

The Code of China’s External Relations Chamber as a Source of Tuvan Customary Law

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary Youth Identity in the Republic of Tuva, Russia

open access: yesНовые исследования Тувы, 2017
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
doaj   +1 more source

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