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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Chelkantsy v Issledovaniiakh i Materialakh XX Veka
[ The Chelkan in studies and materials of the twentieth century]
Ed. by D.A. Funk
Moscow: Institut Etnologii i Antropologii RAN, 2000 156 p Serie: Altaisticheskie Issledovaniia, Tom 3 pbk. 14 x 20 cm. Printing 300 ISBN: 5201146319 Language: Russian
The Chelkan (native name Shalgan) are a very small Turkic speaking people of the northern Altai. This collection is the third issue of the series Problems of the Ethnic History and Culture of the Turkic-Mongol Peoples of Southern Siberia and Adjacent Territories (previously published in 1994 and 1996). Starting with this book the whole series gets a shorter title Altaic Studies. Contents: Review of literature on the Chelkan; Ethnic history and ethno-demography; Spiritual culture of the Chelkan. Summary in English.