THE origin of the Manchus—the race to which the reigning dynasty in China belongs—is discussed by a writer in the North China Herald, of Shanghai. He says that the Tungus people are scattered about in ...

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According to some estimates, half of the 7,000~ currently spoken languages are expected to become extinct this century. However, there is a lot of work by academics, independent scholars, ...

After surveying a route for a telegraph line through Siberia for the Russian-American Telegraph Company in 1864, American George Kennan found success in selling articles, lectures and a book about his ...

Furthermore, Russian officers are alleged to have gone on strike and are refusing to carry out orders in protest at their conditions and the war. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is a close ally of the ...

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This comparison of morphological and neutral genetic variation in 10 human populations was designed to test a neutral hypothesis of cranial evolution in living and recent humans and to explain ...

In this article, Katherine Metzo examines the creation of Tunka National Park in Russia's Lake Baikal region. Formed in the last days of the Soviet Union, the park represents the efforts of local ...