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The first written mention of the Yenisei River, as "Kem", dates back to the 7th century in Tang Dynasty China, at the time of contact with Yenisei Kyrgyz of this region. The word Jian shui (劔水, "Jian River") [ 31 ] [ 32 ] appears in Book of Zhou , vol. 50, and History of the Northern Dynasties , vol. 99, while Jian he (劍河, "Jian River ...
Yenisei inscriptions used unique letters instead of some of the Orkhon letters that we see in Orkhon inscriptions. These are more primitive than the letters used in Orkhon inscriptions. The texts used in the inscriptions are also primitive compared to the Orkhon inscriptions and there are no long texts since all are tombstones.
The Great Yenisey (Russian: Большой Енисей Bolshoy Yenisey; Tuvan: Бии-Хем, romanized: Pî-Xem) is a river in the Republic of Tuva, the right source of the Yenisey, at its confluence with the Little Yenisey. [1] The name Bii-Khem in Tuvan means "big river".
The administrative-territorial division of the Yenisei province remained basically unchanged until 1924. Only the volost division changed. The number of volosts in the province is 35. Turukhansky Krai is divided into 3 sections, the same volosts. [4] Since 1898, the okrugs (districts) of the Yenisei Governorate were again called uezd (counties).
The Mongol Empire (1206-1294/1368) was the largest contiguous empire and the second largest empire overall in world history. It emerged from the unification of Mongol and Turkic tribes in modern-day Mongolia , and grew through invasion, after Genghis Khan had been proclaimed ruler of all Mongols in 1206.
Yenisei Kyrgyz artefacts Yenisei Kyrgyz tableware and altar Yenisei Kyrgyz agricultural tools Elegest inscription Culturally and linguistically, the Yenisei Kyrgyz were Turkic. The Tang Huiyao (961 CE), citing the Protector General of Anxi Ge Jiayun, states that the Kyrgyz, known to the Chinese as the Jiankun, all had red hair and green eyes.
Krasnoyarsk [a] is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.It is situated along the Yenisey River, and is the second-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk, with a population of over 1.1 million. [21]
The Lena is a river in the Russian Far East and is the easternmost river of the three great rivers of Siberia, including the River Ob and the River Yenisey, which flow into the Arctic Ocean. [ note 1 ] The Lena river is 4,294 km (2,668 mi) long and has a capacious drainage basin of 2,490,000 km 2 (960,000 sq mi); thus the Lena is the eleventh ...