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The Native Races Of The Russian Empire - Softcover

Robert Gordon Latham

 
9780461883374: The Native Races Of The Russian Empire

Synopsis

The Native Races Of The Russian Empire by Robert Gordon Latham explores the ethnology of the Russian Empire through a sweeping classification of three main stocks: Ugrian, Turk, and Sarmatian. Presented as part of the Ethnographical Library conducted by Edwin Norris, Latham's volume surveys the distribution, languages, and historical movements of the empire's diverse peoples. The Ugrian stock includes Samoyeds, Laps, Voguls, and Finns; the Sarmatian stock groups Slavonic and Lithuanian populations, tracing their Germanic, Roman, and Slavic interactions across Europe. The Turk stock covers Kirghiz, Bashkirs, Nogays, Kazan Tartars, and Crimean populations, with attention to Siberian and Transcaucasian groups. The work also surveys the Mongol, Tungusian, and Peninsular subgroups, and culminates in a discussion of pan-Slavonism and the diffusion of Slavonic languages and cultures. Richly illustrated and heavily analytic, the book blends philology, archaeology, and geography to piece together Russia's ethnographic mosaic, including a long pre-historic frame about Scythians, Huns, and other ancient peoples.

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