About ancestral homeland of all the Turks and Mongols: "Ergenekon”, "Ergune-Khun” or Tannu-Uryankhay?

Authors

  • Nikolay V. Abaev Tuvan State University

Keywords:

history; ethnography; hypothesis; arguments; ethnicons; Ancient Turks; Mongols; Ergune-Khun; Uryankhay; Tuva; Mongolia

Abstract

Having critically analyzed the theories of Buryat scientists B.R.Zoriktuyev, S.Sh.Chagdurov, P.B.Konovalov about the location of legendary ancestral homeland of "all Mongols” Ergune-Khun, the author of the article makes a conclusion that concerned place has not been on the territory of Manchuria (Argun version of Zoriktuyev) or Western Buryatia (Chagdurov, Konovalov) but on the territory of Uryankhay (modern Tuva).

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Published

28.02.2011

How to Cite

Abaev, N. V. (2011) “About ancestral homeland of all the Turks and Mongols: "Ergenekon”, "Ergune-Khun” or Tannu-Uryankhay?”, The New Research of Tuva, 1. Available at: https://nit.tuva.asia/nit/article/view/448 (Accessed: 10.05.2024).

Issue

Section

Nomads of the Asian continent

Author Biography

Nikolay V. Abaev, Tuvan State University

Doctor of History, Professor, Department of philosophy