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Very far from scientific. Mixes Russian popular designations with proper group identification. Laden with crypto Eurocentrism. Arbitrarily disowning Mongol heritage and propagating baseless pan-Turkism. Lacking actual references of personalities, events and very subjective. |
Very far from scientific. Mixes Russian popular designations with proper group identification. Laden with crypto Eurocentrism. Arbitrarily disowning Mongol heritage and propagating baseless pan-Turkism. Lacking actual references of personalities, events and very subjective. |
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I agree with that. Also, the word "Turkish" gets used all over the place, when the writer surely means "Turkic" |
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Revision as of 11:21, 4 March 2004
1911 data on tatars are outdated, especially population and other numeric data. Anybody has newer sources?
Kazafi Tatars - I believe this name is not used anymore, Kazan Tatars is more common.
Kalmucks - Kalmyk is more common spelling.
- Erivan - modern spelling Yerevan
- Tiflis - modern spelling Tbilisi
- Kutais - modern spelling Kutaisi
QUOTE They are Mahommedans /QUOTE - means Muslims
Very far from scientific. Mixes Russian popular designations with proper group identification. Laden with crypto Eurocentrism. Arbitrarily disowning Mongol heritage and propagating baseless pan-Turkism. Lacking actual references of personalities, events and very subjective.
I agree with that. Also, the word "Turkish" gets used all over the place, when the writer surely means "Turkic"
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