Tag: kurultay

Altay Nations Struggle to Unite Against Kremlin-Appointed Governor

July 8, 2015
Analysis
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, July 5 – Since the peoples of Altay learned that the elections staged to ratify the Kremlin’s choice of their governor showed that he failed to win in electoral districts dominated by the non-Russians, their leaders have been struggling to unite in order to put pressure on the government there in the name of […]

Russia and Russian Nation Owe Their Existence to the Mongols, Kalmyk Émigré Eurasianist Argued

April 8, 2015
Analysis
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, April 7 — Eurasianism by definition is diverse because it argues that Russia to one degree or another has roots in both Europe and Asia, with some of its advocates stressing one and others the other. But few ever went as far in stressing the Asian nature of Russia as Erendzhen Khara-Davan whose ideas […]