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Category: Oirat

Famines and Zhuts

September 30, 2014 Michael Hancock-Parmer Leave a comment

On a handful of occasions, I have encountered an interesting phenomenon in conversation with some citizens of the Republic of…

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Posted in: 18th Century, 20th Century, Comparative History, Eurasia, Famine, Kalmyk, Kazakh SSR, Kazakhstan, Michael's Blog, Mongols, Oirat, Sedentarization, Soviet History, Zunghar

Who was Alash Khan?

August 29, 2014 Michael Hancock-Parmer Leave a comment

“The legend of Alash and his three sons may be dismissed as fiction… such stories seem clearly to have been…

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Posted in: 15th Century, Historiography, History, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Michael's Blog, Oirat, Oral History, Popular History, Zunghar

The Other Ablai

July 6, 2014 Michael Hancock-Parmer Leave a comment

I write these posts to collect some stray thoughts that likely will have very little to do with my doctoral…

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Posted in: 18th Century, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Michael's Blog, Military History, Oirat, Research, Zunghar

Retreats, Losses, and Failed Resistances

July 4, 2014 Michael Hancock-Parmer Leave a comment

The history of the Republic of Kazakhstan is one born of the history of the Soviet Union, itself one steeped…

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Posted in: Kazakh, Michael's Blog, Military History, Oirat, Research, Theory
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