Collected Works in 5 Vols Chokan Chingisovich Valikhanov in Russian & Kazakh

Description: Collected Works in 5 Volumes by Chokan Chingisovich Valikhanov ~Russian & Kazakh Language 5 Collected Works of Chokan Chingisovich Valikhanov of the history, archeology and ethnography of Kazakhstan and Central and Middle Asia in Russian language. Published in the Soviet Union 1984-85 Good pre-owned HCDJ Collected Works in 5 Volumes by Chokan Chingisovich Valikhanov ~Russian & Kazakh Language. Books in good condition. All have tight spines with no loose or missing pages, writing or highlighting. Vol 4 shows hinge crack inside front cover, with possible repair. Frontispiece was inserted in incorrect order-does not match other books in set. Vol 4 pages are intact. Books may have one or more of the following flaws: old price sticker, country of publication origin stamp, foxing and tanning; handling/storage marks, chipping or small rips on dust jackets. See photos for condition detail. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE These 5 volumes of Chokan Valikhanov's important scholarly works, were published in 1984-1985 in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his original works. These collected works are devoted to exploring aspects of the geography, history, ethnology and economics of Central Asia, while also offering his original views on the societies of the region through his writings and drawings during his undercover mission for the Russian military in 1858 disguised as a Tashkent merchant to Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan. He gathered information not just on current events, but also on the ethnic make-up, geography, flora and fauna of this unknown region. Chokan Valikhanov (Kazakh: Шоқан Шыңғысұлы Уәлихан , romanized: Şoqan Şyñğysūly Uälihan, Russian: Чокан Чингисович Валиханов, given name Mukhammed Kanafiya (Kazakh: Мұхаммед Қанафия, romanized: Mūkhammed Qanafiya)(1835-1865) is often regarded as the “father of Kazakh historiography and ethnography” and sometimes even called “the first Kazakh scholar.” The Ethnological branch of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences is named after him. Educated in the Russian language, he worked for the Russian empire and became a member of the Russian Geographical Society and an officer in the Russian army, all the while continuing his written and his illustrated research and his scientific expeditions studying the cultural history of the Kazakhs and other Turkic peoples of Central Asia.‍(Wikipedia)Perfect for the collector interested in historical information on Kazakhstan in the 1800s in the original language of the first scholar of Kazakh!

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