Issues of ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the peoples of Central Asia. Issue 8

This collection is the 8th issue of the series Issues of Ethnogenesis and Ethnic History of the Peoples of Central Asia. The collection consists of 4 parts. The 1st part Turkic-speaking peoples presents the article by G. M. Tanieva The Manghit Tribe and their ethnic history. M. Tanieva''s article The Manghit Tribe and their role in the History of Uzbek Statehood and A. Khodjaev''s article On the localization of the place of the original habitation of the Usuns (information from Chinese sources and literature). The 2nd part Iranian-speaking peoples contains an article by Sh. S. Kamoliddin On the origin of the ethnonym Tajik. Part 8 in which the information of the Hungarian traveler A. Vambery is considered. The 3rd part Migrations contains 3 articles by the Ukrainian scientist Ya. V. Pylypchuk which traces the processes of ethnic history of Crimean Tatars his deportation during the Stalinist repressions and return to Crimea after the collapse of the USSR: Crimean Gothia. To the question of pre-Turkic history of mountainous Crimea How Crimea became Russian. Crimean Tatars from annexation to deportation and Crimean Tatars: from deportation to the second Russian annexation of Crimea. Part 4 New Books provides information about the 11th issue of the journal Sogdian Collection.