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“The First Kazakh War” in the Altai Uriankhai Oral Tradition of the Bulgan River Basin
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The Kazakh attack on the Altai Uriankhai monastery in the Chingel river basin in 1913 caused the monastic community (Baruun Ambanii Khiid, Dashchoinkhorlin) and the adjacent residence of the banner governor, and probably also a significant part of the population, to move from the western side of the Altai mountains to the east to the Bulgan and Gurvan Tsenkher river basins. While scarce archival sources relate this event to the official joining by the local nobles of the Mongolian government in Ikh Khüree, the oral tradition provides several narrative lines relating to this event – a) a group of narratives about the Kazakh espionage in the monastery and its retribution, b) accounts of the Kazakh invasion of the Gürt valley, c) grievances of the governor towards the lord of Altai. The traditional narratives connected with the so-called first Kazakh invasion (1913) belong to the most colourful and dramatic narratives in the local oral tradition and give an idea how deeply this historical event affected the life of the Altai Uriankhais. Additionally, these accounts make it possible to follow the transformation of oral historical narratives into an oral tradition. |
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