“The Oirats-Ogeleds... crossed the Mankan River”: the ethnoreligious situation at the Oirats in the middle of XV - the beginning of XVI centuries

The article examines the problem, which so far had not been studied by the historical science - the fate of the Elet Oirats, who, according the Oirat and Kalmyk sources, suddenly had departured “to the west”. The author suggests, that the Elets’ exodus did take place in the past, the reasons probabl...

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Main Author: B U Kitinov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2017-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of World History
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/viewFile/18033/15536