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Yenisei Kyrgyz “forts” in the 17th century: Historiographical myth or historical reality?

Yenisei Kyrgyz “forts” in the 17th century: Historiographical myth or historical reality? THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD DOI: 10.1134/S156301100704007X V.N. Dobzhansky Kemerovo State University, Krasnaya 6, Kemerovo, 650043, Russia E-mail: kafoi@history.kemsu.ru YENISEI KYRGYZ “FORTS” IN THE 17TH CENTURY: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL MYTH OR HISTORICAL REALITY? Introduction mouth of the Abakan (currently, Tagarsky Island). As noted in one document, ‘the Kyrgyz and other tribes sent According to the view that is widely held by historians, their wives, children, horses, cattle, and other animals’ each ulus (principality) of the Yenisei Kyrgyz had its own to this fort in case of military danger. There was also a fort, the main function of which was to provide shelter frontier fortress called ‘Fort Lozan’ at the place where during warfare (Abdykalykov, 1968: 8). For instance, the Yenisei fl ows out of the Sayan Mountains” (Kyzlasov, S.V. Bakhrushin (1955: 183) stated that the Kyrgyz, “who Kopkoev, 1993: 156). were nomads and had no permanent place of residence, What, then, do the documents testify to, and what did constructed fortifi ed shelters where they hid their wives, all these “forts” actually represent? We will fi rst examine children, and livestock during raids against enemies. One information concerning a “stone fort” on the Bely Iyus. of these was a fort http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia Springer Journals

Yenisei Kyrgyz “forts” in the 17th century: Historiographical myth or historical reality?

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THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD DOI: 10.1134/S156301100704007X V.N. Dobzhansky Kemerovo State University, Krasnaya 6, Kemerovo, 650043, Russia E-mail: kafoi@history.kemsu.ru YENISEI KYRGYZ “FORTS” IN THE 17TH CENTURY: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL MYTH OR HISTORICAL REALITY? Introduction mouth of the Abakan (currently, Tagarsky Island). As noted in one document, ‘the Kyrgyz and other tribes sent According to the view that is widely held by historians, their wives, children, horses, cattle, and other animals’ each ulus (principality) of the Yenisei Kyrgyz had its own to this fort in case of military danger. There was also a fort, the main function of which was to provide shelter frontier fortress called ‘Fort Lozan’ at the place where during warfare (Abdykalykov, 1968: 8). For instance, the Yenisei fl ows out of the Sayan Mountains” (Kyzlasov, S.V. Bakhrushin (1955: 183) stated that the Kyrgyz, “who Kopkoev, 1993: 156). were nomads and had no permanent place of residence, What, then, do the documents testify to, and what did constructed fortifi ed shelters where they hid their wives, all these “forts” actually represent? We will fi rst examine children, and livestock during raids against enemies. One information concerning a “stone fort” on the Bely Iyus. of these was a fort

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