Uralic and Altaic Series, Volume 26

agriculture Akmolinsk Alma-Ata Altay Amu-Darya ancient Arabic Aral Sea Asian ASSR Balkhash Barthold Bukhara Caspian census cent Central Asia Chinese Chingis Khan cities clan culture density desert desert-steppe dialects east eastern economic empire established ethnic European Russia farmers farming Fergana valley genealogy herding household increased indigenous Iranian Iranic irrigation Islam Istoriya Karaganda Karakalpak Kazakh SSR Kazakhs and Kirgiz Kazakhstan Khanate Khiva Khorezm Kipchak Kirgizia Kurama land linguistic marriage medieval Mongol Moscow Moslems mountain Tadzhiks nomadic northern oblast Oguz Pamirs pastoral period Persian political Radloff region republic rivers rule rural Russian Samarkand Sarts sedentary Semipalatinsk Semirechye Shiite Siberia social society southern Soviet steppe Sunnite Syr-Darya Tadzhik SSR Tadzhikistan Tashkent Tatars territory tion total population traditional Turkestan Kray Turkic languages Turkmen SSR Turkmenia Turks Ural urban population USSR Uygurs Uzbek SSR Uzbekistan village Volga XDC century XVIII century Yagnobi Zerafshan zone