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Encyclopedia: Turkestan

Turkestan (Persian: ترکستان‎ ; also spelled Turkistan or Türkistan in Turkish, which literally means "Land of the Turks" in Persian) is a region in Central Asia, which today is largely inhabited by Turkic people. It has been referenced in many Turkic and Persian sagas and is an integral part of Turan (though Turan dwarfs Turkestan in area). Oghuz Turks (also known as Turkmens), Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Khazars, Kyrgyz and Uygurs are some of the Turkic inhabitants of the region who, as history progressed, have spread further into Eurasia forming such Turkic nations as Turkey, Azerbaijan and Tatarstan. Tajiks and Russians form sizable non-Turkic minorities.

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How to say "Turkestan" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	突厥斯坦
	(Japanese)	トルキスタン
	(German)	Turkestan
	(Spanish)	Turquestán
	(French)	Turkestan

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Tatary

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List of cities in Kazakhstan

The following is a list of cities in Kazakhstan: Akmecet Aktau Aktobe Almati Aral Astana Atirau Ayaguz Beyneu Baikonur Chapayev Chu Ekibastuz Emba Karaganda Khorogos Kizilyar Koksetau Kostanay Oktyabr'sk Oral Oskemen Pavldar Petropavl Rudni Saryshagan Semey Simkent Taraz Temirtau Turkestan...

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named Ma

List of people by name | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Name Ma | | | | | | | | | | Ma Chung-Yin, (fl. 1930s), Chinese Eastern Turkestan Muslim Rebellion leader Ma Ying-jeou, (born 1950) Ma, Yo-Yo, (born 1955), Chinese-American cellist...

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Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov

Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov (1827 - February 8, 1885) was a Russian explorer and naturalist. Severtzov wrote the Vertical and horizontal distribution of Turkestan wildlife (1873), which included the first description of a number of animals...

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Andrei Semenov-Tian-Shanskii

Andrei Petrovich Semenov-Tian-Shanskii (1866-1942) was a Russian entomologist specializing in beetles. He entered St. Petersburg University in 1885. In 1888 and 1889 he traveled to the Trans-Caspian and Turkestan regions in search of insects, then in 1890 became a curator at the Imperial Academy...

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List of East Turkestan-related topics

Abdukhaliq Uyghur's Oyghan Politics East Turkestan Xinjiang Uighur See also: List of China-related...

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Percy C. Mather

Percy C. Mather was the second China Inland Mission missionary to Eastern Turkestan. He died on May 24 1933, of typhus, when caring for people wounded during the Muslim Rebellion led by Ma Chung-Yin Additional resources on Percy Mather : Percy Mather: The Making of a Pioneer by Mildred Cable...

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Bronze Charm

Tulipa batalinii is native to Iran and Turkestan, and flowers in spring, usually around mid-April. The...

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Serindia

The term Serindia combines Seres (China) and India to refer to the part of Asia also known as Sinkiang, Chinese Turkestan or High Asia. See main entry under Xinjiang. The art of this region is known as Serindian . See Serindian art for more information. Reference Hopkirk, Peter (1980). Foreign...

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Alexei Nikolajevich Kuropatkin

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