scholarly journals Migration of the Oirats in the first quarter of the 17th century on the eve of returning to Dzungaria

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-430
Author(s):  
Baatr Uchaevich Kitinov
Keyword(s):  
17Th Century ◽  
Altai Mountains ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Southern Siberia ◽  
Civil Strife ◽  
Irtysh River ◽  
The Yenisei River ◽  
Internal Struggle ◽  
The Irtysh River

In 1541 the Oirats managed to form the Middle Confederation, which was led by the Khoshuts as the most powerful people. In the second half of the same XVI century the Oirats, suffering from attacks of their neighbors - the Turkic peoples from the west and south and the eastern Mongols from the east, began to move towards southern Siberia. Earlier they used to roam along the Black Irtysh river and north of the lake Zaysan, but now they began to move below the lake Yamysh. Opinions on the migration routes of the Oirats, existing in the literature, need clarification. The author offers his vision based on the archival materials and the Mongolian sources: the Hoyt Oirats, driven out of Kharakhoto by the Tumat Altan Khan, were the first to go towards the Altai Mountains. The next were the Torgut Oirats, who crossed the Altai, and then, together with the Derbets, they moved down the Irtysh river. The Elelets, the future Dzungars, left Western Mongolia for the Yenisei river sources. Already in the second decade of the 17th century the Oirats wandered along Om, Kamyshlov, Tobol and Ishim rivers, that is, they were roaming along the middle reaches of the Irtysh river. In 1623, at lake Yamysh, they defeated the troops of the Hotogoit Altyn Khan Sholoi Ubashi-Khuntaiji, but this victory did not exclude an internal struggle in the ruling house of the Khoshuts, which resulted in weakening of this people. Further civil strife forced the Torguts to move towards west, and in the early 1630s they reached the Volga river. Migrations over such long distances were possible only if there was an effective management apparatus, while maintaining traditions and identity.

scholarly journals Union of naymans and merkits in the 13th century

2020 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49
Author(s):  
T.Z. Kayirken ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Lake Baikal ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Altai Mountains ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Irtysh River ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Irtysh River

This article discusses the creation of the alliance in the 13th century between the Naiman Kaganate that lived in the Altai and Khangai mountains and the Merkits who inhabited the southern parts of Lake Baikal, and their opposition to the forces of Genghis Khan, also considers the route of movement after their defeat by the Mongol forces. In the article, the author refutes the point of view of the Chinese historian Su Beihai that after the Merkits and Naimans lost the battle, the Mongols migrated to the Idikut state through the Altai Mountains and the eastern part of the Dzungarian lowland. The fact is that, after the defeat by Genghis Khan’s troops and retreating to Western Altai, the Naimans and Merkits were not able to cross over the Irtysh again and move to the Eastern part of Altai, which remained under Mongol rule. On the same basis, according to historical data, the Naimans and Merkits, after being defeated by the Mongols at the intersection of the Bukhtarma River and the Irtysh River in Western Altai, migrated to the borders of the Idikut state through the mountains of Kalba, Tarbagatai and the Western edge of the Dzungarian lowland. In addition, the history, ethnocultural ties and traditions of statehood of these two ethnic groups are presented before the conquest of Central Asia by Genghis Khan in 1218.

The Elachistidae of southern Siberia and Central Asia, with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera)¹

1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauri Kaila
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Baikal Region ◽  
Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
Altai Mountains ◽  
Southern Siberia

The Elachistidae material collected during the joint Soviet-Finnish entomological expeditions to the Altai mountains, Baikal region and Tianshan mountains of the previous USSR is listed. Previous literature dealing with the Elachistidae in Central Asia is reviewed. A total of 40 species are dealt with, including descriptions of five new species: Stephensia jalmarella sp. n. (Altai), Elachista baikalica sp. n. (Baikal), E. talgarella sp. n. (southern Kazakhstan), E. esmeralda sp. n. (southern Kazakhstan) and E. filicornella sp. n. (southern Kazakhstan). The previously unknown females of E. bimaculata Parenti, 1981 and Biselachista zonulae Sruoga, 1992 are described.

A stonefly species extinct in Europe (Taeniopteryx araneoides Klapalek, 1902, Taeniopterygidae, Plecoptera) is thriving in the Irtysh River in West Siberia and North Kazakhstan

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4247 (2) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
OLEG E. KOSTERIN ◽  
NAZYMGUL AKIMBEKOVA ◽  
VLADIMIR V. DUBATOLOV ◽  
IGNAC SIVEC
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Impacts ◽  
West Siberia ◽  
Large Rivers ◽  
Geographical Range ◽  
Central Siberia ◽  
Irtysh River ◽  
The Irtysh River

Taeniopteryx araneoides Klápalek, 1902, a stonefly species with brachypterous males, known historically from the Danube, Elbe, and Dniester rivers, but considered to be extinct at least in Europe for more than a century. This species has also been doubtfully reported from Krasnoyarsk, Central Siberia. However, we report this species to be still thriving in the Irtysh River at the cities of Omsk (West Siberia, Russia) and Pavlodar (North Kazakhstan). The occurrence of this species reported least fifty years ago from the Yenisey River at Krasnoyarsk, Russia is considered possible. Unlike the widespread Palaearctic T. nebulosa (Linnaeus, 1758) that occurs in a broad range of stream types, T. araneoides is a potomon species, apparently confined to large rivers. In this habitat, it appears vulnerable to anthropogenic impacts and may be unable to compete with T. nebulosa. The construction of dams and reservoirs has apparently extirpated T. araneoides from most of its former geographical range. 

scholarly journals Findings of Early Hand Firearms from Southern Siberia

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 106-115
Author(s):  
A. P. Borodovsky ◽  
Yu. V. Oborin ◽  
S. L. Savosin
Keyword(s):  
Mass Production ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Early Period ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Northern Asia ◽  
Southern Siberia ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Different Origin ◽  
Written Sources

Purpose. This article is aimed at identifying early samples of hand firearms at different Siberian territories (Buriatia, the Upper Ob region). Such facts open new perspectives for studying and reconstructing the process of development and distribution of hand firearms in Northern Asia and helps identify regional peculiarities of this historic phenomenon. Results. One of the earliest firearms found on the territory of Southern Siberia is a bronze barrel of a Chinese hand firearms discovered in the valley of the Dzhida River in Buriatia, which refers to the Ming Epoch (the Yongle period). Judging by a serial number of the gun (50138), it was manufactured at the early period of mass production of hand firearms in China, i. e. in the first quarter of the 15th century. Currently, it is one of the earliest foreign samples of oriental firearms known in Siberia. In the Upper Ob region (in the surroundings of the Biysk Fortress (Ostrog), there was another tube of an early hand firearms found. It is of Russian origin and dates the second half of the 16th – beginning of the 17th century. These samples of Siberian firearms are archaic, which demonstrates a trend of using archaic weapons up to the beginning of the 18th century in the absence or lack of modern firearms. It is quite vividly demonstrated by the materials of the artillery treasure of the Umrevinsky Ostrog (1703). Conclusion. The buffer location of Southern Siberia between the growing territories of the Tsardom of Muscovy and Ming China starting from the 1500s A.D. determined the presence of foreign hand firearms of different origin. As evidenced by written sources, they were numerous on the territories where armed conflicts took place and defensive fortifications (Ostrogs) were subsequently constructed.

scholarly journals Attempt to Define the Complexes of Bat Ectoparasites in the Boreal Palaearctic Region / Попытка выделения комплексов эктопаразитов летучих мышей бореальной Палеарктики

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Orlova ◽  
O. L. Orlov
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Taiga Zone ◽  
The West ◽  
Bat Flies ◽  
The Family ◽  
Gamasid Mites ◽  
Faunal Complexes ◽  
Irtysh River ◽  
The Irtysh River

Abstract The article presents the most complete data on the distribution of ectoparasites in the boreal Palaearctics (gamasid mites of the genera Spinturnix, Macronyssus, and Steatonyssus, bat flies of the family Nycteribiidae, fleas of the family Ischnopsyllidae) and its preferences for the hosts. On the basis of these data as well as the data for the resettlement of bats in Eurasia 30 species of boreal bat ectoparasites combined into three faunal complexes (Transpalaearctic, European-Ural and Siberian-Far East) and two groups (European-Ural species, penetrating to the east and Siberian-Far East, penetrating to the west). The boundary between the European-Ural and Siberian-Far East faunal complexes is situated presumably along the Irtysh River. The resulting zoning provides a new look at the parasitocenosis of ectoparasites in the taiga zone of the Palaearctics.

scholarly journals CHARACTERISTIC OF HARD TO IDENTIFY GENUS ACIPENSER SPECIES IN THE IRTYSH RIVER

2018 ◽  
pp. 90-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey Stepanovich Aldokhin ◽  
Gleb Igorevich Volosnikov
Keyword(s):  
Water Area ◽  
Bone Plates ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Summer Period ◽  
Sturgeon Species ◽  
Irtysh River ◽  
June July ◽  
The Irtysh River

In the summer period (June-July) of 2018 on the Irtysh river (the Tobolsk region) in the control catches of sterlet there were found specimens with pronounced differences from individuals inhabiting this water area. Differences were found in the form of bone plates and linear-weight characteristics. Later, local fishermen reported on many cases of specimens having the above differences. Reports about the similar species came from the Uvat region. In order to establish the belonging of these individuals to a particular family there have been investigated meristic features which are considered diagnostic for sturgeon species, as well as for hybrids. In the result of the study there was made a conclusion about belonging of these specimens to the genus Acipenser and, most likely, to the sterlet species.

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