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... Russian and Chinese empires , un- able to break through the stagnant but solid Ottoman and Safavid barriers , the Turkish nomads of the steppe lying east of the Volga and the Caspian Sea and south of Russian - occupied Siberia found ...
... Russian and Chinese empires , un- able to break through the stagnant but solid Ottoman and Safavid barriers , the Turkish nomads of the steppe lying east of the Volga and the Caspian Sea and south of Russian - occupied Siberia found ...
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... Russian presence might Kyrgyzstan at least provide some security against Oyrat raids , and in 1731 the Little Horde accepted Russian protection , fol- lowed by the Middle Horde in 1740 and by part of the Great Horde in 1742 , although ...
... Russian presence might Kyrgyzstan at least provide some security against Oyrat raids , and in 1731 the Little Horde accepted Russian protection , fol- lowed by the Middle Horde in 1740 and by part of the Great Horde in 1742 , although ...
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... Russian coup attempt against Gorbachev ; after the coup failed , Uzbekistan moved quickly to declare inde- pendence from the U.S.S.R. The communists - the only experienced politicians in the republic - retained mastery over the new ...
... Russian coup attempt against Gorbachev ; after the coup failed , Uzbekistan moved quickly to declare inde- pendence from the U.S.S.R. The communists - the only experienced politicians in the republic - retained mastery over the new ...
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