Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-495) and index.
Contents:
Mongolia. Mongolian dreaming ; The last nomad nation ; Wolf totem ; A fine line to the West ; Kharkhiraa : the roaring river mountain -- Kazakhstan. Stalin's Shambala ; Zud ; Tokym Kagu Bastan ; Balkhash ; Wife stealing and other legends of Tasaral ; The starving steppe ; The place that God forgot ; Otamal ; Ships of the desert ; The oil road -- Russia. Lost hoards in Europe ; Cossack borderlands ; the Timashevsk Mafia -- Crimea. Where two worlds meet ; The return of the Crimean Tatars -- Ukraine. Crossroad ; Taking the reins ; Among the Hutsuls -- Hungary. The end of the world.
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