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    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)...
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    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...
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    Governor-Generalship of the Steppes, or General Government of the Steppes (Russian: Степное генерал-губернаторство), was a portion of Imperial Russian...
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    Sea, Lake Baikal, the Aral Sea, and other remote parts of Russia, Kirghiz steppes of Mongolia, Central and southeast Asia, Ladakh, and the Himalayas...
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    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...
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    Kyrgyz people (redirect from Kirghiz people)
    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...
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    "Kirghiz-Kazaks" or simply "Kirghiz" (and the Kyrgyzes as "Kara-Kirghiz"). This practice continued into the early Soviet period, and thus the Kirghiz ASSR...
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    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...
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    Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Aral Sea and other remote parts of Russia, Kirghiz steppes of Kazakhstan, Central and southeast Asia, Ladakh and Himalayas come...
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    Yenisei Kyrgyz (redirect from Old Kirghiz)
    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...
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    dynasty defeated the Yenisei Kyrgyz and expelled them from the Mongolian steppes, some Ancient Kyrgyz elites settled in Altai and Xinjiang where they mixed...
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    Republic), while the southern part became the Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast (eventually the Kirghiz ASSR and SR) within the RSFSR. It covered a region...
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  • valleys and basins are: Kuznetsk Basin Irkutsk Valley Minusinsk Basin Kirghiz Steppe Valleys (Karaganda Basin) Sakhalin Island (Alexandrovsk Valley) Maritime...
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    research in Kazakh steppes, as a Kirghiz game (Kirgizskaya igra)due to common mistakes messing ethnonyms: Kazakhs as "Kirghiz" or "Kirghiz-Kasaks" and modern...
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    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...
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  • the Kirghiz (Jian-kun). All of this implied Kirghiz subordination to Tang authority, at least in Chinese eyes. According to the letter, Kirghiz tribute...
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    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...
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  • 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)...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    red, strongly glossy spots. — From the Ural, South Russia and the Kirghiz steppes, in May, not rare. Kretania pylaon pylaon Kretania pylaon cleopatra...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Kyrgyzstan (redirect from Kirghiz Republic)
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Great Kurultáj
    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...
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    occupied Kazakhstan. On 17 August 1920, the Soviet government established the Kirghiz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which in 1925 changed its name to...
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    republic,[citation needed] headed by a president.[citation needed] The Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, established in 1920, was renamed...
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