Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan, is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the regions of Transoxiana and East Turkestan (Xinjiang). The...
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East Turkestan or East Turkistan (Uyghur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان, ULY: Sherqiy Türkistan, UKY: Шәрқий Туркистан), also called Uyghuristan (Uyghur: ئۇيغۇرىستان...
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Russian Turkestan (Russian: Русский Туркестан, romanized: Russkiy Turkestan) was the western part of Turkestan within the Russian Empire’s Central Asian...
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Russian Turkestan, a region in Russia Chinese Turkestan or East Turkestan, a region in China Afghan Turkestan, a region in Afghanistan Turkestan Province...
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The Turkestan Front (Russian: Туркестанский фронт) was a front of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, which was formed on the territory of Turkestan...
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The Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (TASSR; Russian: Туркестанская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanized: Turkestanskaya...
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The Turkic Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (TIRET) was an independent republic centered on the city of Kashgar, located in the far west of Xinjiang...
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Chinese Turkestan, also spelled Chinese Turkistan, is a geographical term or historical region corresponding to the region of the Tarim Basin in Southern...
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Turkistan Islamic Party (redirect from Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement)
The Chinese government asserts that the TIP is synonymous with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). ETIM has been described by scholars as demanding...
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East Turkestan Republic or East Turkistan Republic (ETR) may refer to the: First East Turkestan Republic (1933–1934), Islamic republic centered around...
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The Turkestan Autonomy or Kokand Autonomy was a short-lived state in Central Asia that existed at the beginning of the Russian Civil War. It was formed...
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Turkistan (city) (redirect from Hazrat-e Turkestan)
Turkistan (Kazakh: Түркістан, romanized: Türkıstan [tʉrkɘ̆sˈtɑn]; Russian: Туркестан, romanized: Turkestan) is a historic city and the administrative center...
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Khoja or Khwaja (Kazakh: қожа; Kyrgyz: кожо; Uyghur: خوجا; Persian: خواجه; Tajik: хӯҷа; Uzbek: xo'ja; Chinese: 和卓; pinyin: hézhuó), a Persian word literally...
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Afghan Turkestan, also known as Southern Turkestan, is a region in northern Afghanistan, on the border with the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan...
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The East Turkestan independence movement is a political movement that seeks the independence of East Turkestan, a large and sparsely-populated region...
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The Turkestan cockroach, Periplaneta lateralis (also known by its synonyms Shelfordella lateralis and Blatta lateralis), also known as the rusty red cockroach...
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Turkestan Province (Persian: ولایت ترکستان, romanized: Wilāyat-i Turkistān) was a province in Afghanistan. It was located in northern Afghanistan in the...
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The East Turkestan Republic (ETR) was a satellite state of the Soviet Union in northern Xinjiang (East Turkestan) that existed from 1944 to 1946. It is...
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have been used to represent the cultural and geographical region of East Turkestan in Central Asia, particularly by states that broke away from China during...
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Bulatmai barbel (redirect from Turkestan Barbel)
The Bulatmai barbel (Luciobarbus capito) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus from the Aral and Caspian basins, including rivers that...
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The Turkestan rat (Rattus pyctoris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. The species is found throughout continental Asia from Afghanistan to...
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The Turkestan Legion (German: Turkistanische Legion) was the name of the military units composed of Turkic peoples who served in the Wehrmacht during...
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Basmachi movement (redirect from Turkestan Liberation Organization)
that seized control of large parts of the Fergana Valley and much of Turkestan. The group's notable leaders were Enver Pasha and, later, Ibrahim Bek...
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Uyghurs (section First East Turkestan Republic)
the creation of the First East Turkestan Republic, officially known as the Turkish Islamic Republic of East Turkestan. Uyghurs joined with Uzbeks, Kazakhs...
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Great tit (redirect from Turkestan Tit)
subspecies were often treated as a separate species, Parus bokharensis, the Turkestan tit. This form was once thought to form a ring species around the Tibetan...
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The Southern Turkestan Movement is a militant group that seeks independence for the Turkic tribesmen in the region of Southern Turkestan in Afghanistan...
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Reichskommissariat Turkestan (also spelled as Turkistan, abbreviated as RKT) was a projected Reichskommissariat that Germany proposed to create in Russia...
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FC Turkestan (Kazakh: Түркістан футбол клубы) was a Kazakh football club that was based in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. They were members of the Kazakhstan First...
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Christianity in Xinjiang (redirect from Christianity in Chinese Turkestan)
in Xinjiang, an autonomous region of China, formerly known as Chinese Turkestan. The two dominant ethnic groups, the Uyghur and Han Chinese, are predominantly...
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The Turkestan lynx (Lynx lynx isabellinus), also known as the Central Asian, Tibetan or Himalayan lynx, is a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)...
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