mid-19th century, it was called the Kirghiz steppe, 'Kirghiz' being an old Russian word for the Kazakhs. The steppe extends more than 2,200 km (1,400 mi)...

21, 1868, No. 46380 "On the transformation of the management of the Kirghiz steppes of the Orenburg and Siberian departments and the Ural and Siberian...

Governor-Generalship of the Steppes, or General Government of the Steppes (Russian: Степное генерал-губернаторство), was a portion of Imperial Russian...

Sea, Lake Baikal, the Aral Sea, and other remote parts of Russia, Kirghiz steppes of Mongolia, Central and southeast Asia, Ladakh, and the Himalayas...

Dens built among tree roots can last for decades, while those dug on the steppes last only several years. They may permanently abandon their dens during...

The Kyrgyz people (also spelled Kyrghyz, Kirgiz, and Kirghiz; /ˈkɪərɡɪz/ KEER-giz or /ˈkɜːrɡɪz/ KUR-giz) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia...

"Kirghiz-Kazaks" or simply "Kirghiz" (and the Kyrgyzes as "Kara-Kirghiz"). This practice continued into the early Soviet period, and thus the Kirghiz ASSR...

Ivanovich (1865). "The Russians in Central Asia: their occupation of the Kirghiz steppe and the line of the Syr-Daria : their political relations with Khiva...

Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Aral Sea and other remote parts of Russia, Kirghiz steppes of Kazakhstan, Central and southeast Asia, Ladakh and Himalayas come...

argued:[page needed] As far as I can see the only basis for the assumption that the Kirghiz were not originally Turkic in language is the fact that they are described...

dynasty defeated the Yenisei Kyrgyz and expelled them from the Mongolian steppes, some Ancient Kyrgyz elites settled in Altai and Xinjiang where they mixed...

Republic), while the southern part became the Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast (eventually the Kirghiz ASSR and SR) within the RSFSR. It covered a region...

valleys and basins are: Kuznetsk Basin Irkutsk Valley Minusinsk Basin Kirghiz Steppe Valleys (Karaganda Basin) Sakhalin Island (Alexandrovsk Valley) Maritime...

research in Kazakh steppes, as a Kirghiz game (Kirgizskaya igra)due to common mistakes messing ethnonyms: Kazakhs as "Kirghiz" or "Kirghiz-Kasaks" and modern...

Other Travelers. The Russians in Central Asia: Their Occupation of the Kirghiz Steppe and the line of the Syr-Daria: Their Political Relations with Khiva...

the Kirghiz (Jian-kun). All of this implied Kirghiz subordination to Tang authority, at least in Chinese eyes. According to the letter, Kirghiz tribute...

of steppe pastoral nomadism is not well understood. Mounted archery began in the west and reached east Asia some time before 307 BC. The steppes were...

Turkic origin; akin to Turkish kol "arm". Kulan from Kirghiz kulan, "the wild ass of the Kirghiz steppe". Kumiss from Turkic kumyz or kumis (kumiss on wiktionary)...

Glavkontsesskom to ask if they would give him the opportunity to mine in the Kirghiz steppes, near Lake Balkhash and beyond. Ten years later, after two five-year...

Ivanovich (1865), The Russians in Central Asia: their occupation of the Kirghiz steppe and the line of the Syr-Daria : their political relations with Khiva...

traditionally used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes and mountains of Inner Asia. The structure consists of a flexible angled...

Ivanovich (1865), The Russians in Central Asia: their occupation of the Kirghiz steppe and the line of the Syr-Daria : their political relations with Khiva...

Ivanovich (1865). The Russians in Central Asia: their occupation of the Kirghiz steppe and the line of the Syr-Daria: their political relations with Khiva...

red, strongly glossy spots. — From the Ural, South Russia and the Kirghiz steppes, in May, not rare. Kretania pylaon pylaon Kretania pylaon cleopatra...

specimens to other Russian botanists. In 1862, he travelled on the Kirghiz Steppes with Eversmann and in 1829 to the lower Volga along with Christopher...

of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-1304-1. Hildinger, Erik (2001-11-08). Warriors Of The Steppe. Cambridge...

phrase Kara-Kirghiz was used until the mid-1920s by the Russians to distinguish them from the Kazakhs, who were also referred to as Kirghiz. On 5 December...

sport for riders. The original Kurultáj were held by nomadic people of the Steppes, especially for various chieftains to gather to elect the successor to...

occupied Kazakhstan. On 17 August 1920, the Soviet government established the Kirghiz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which in 1925 changed its name to...

republic,[citation needed] headed by a president.[citation needed] The Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, established in 1920, was renamed...