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The Yenisey [8] (/ ˌ j ɛ n ɪ ˈ s eɪ / YEN-iss-AY; Russian: Енисе́й, pronounced [jɪnʲɪˈsʲej]) [a] is the fifth-longest river system in the world, and the largest to drain into the Arctic Ocean.
Achaemenid Empire: 542–330 BC: Macedonian Empire: 329–312 BC: Seleucid Empire: 312–189 BC: Greco-Bactrian Kingdom: 250–152 BC: Xiongnu: 204–53 BC: Han China
The Great Yenisey (Russian: Большой Енисей Bolshoy Yenisey; Tuvan: Бии-Хем, romanized: Pî-Xem) is a river in the Republic of Tuva, the right source of the Yenisey, at its confluence with the Little Yenisey. [1] The name Bii-Khem in Tuvan means "big river".
The Mongol Empire (1206-1294/1368) was the largest contiguous empire and the second largest empire overall in world history. It emerged from the unification of Mongol and Turkic tribes in modern-day Mongolia , and grew through invasion, after Genghis Khan had been proclaimed ruler of all Mongols in 1206.
Yeniseysk was founded in 1619 as a stockaded town—the first town on the Yenisei River. [2] It played an important role in Russian colonization of East Siberia in the 17th–18th centuries.
The Yenisei Inscriptions are a series of Old Turkic inscriptions from the 8th-10th century CE, found near Yenisei Kyrgyz kurgans located in the Upper and Middle basins of the Yenisei River in modern-day Russia in Khakassia, Tuva and the Altai Republic.
The history of Siberia: from Russian conquest to revolution (Taylor & Francis, 1991.) Wood, Alan. Russia's frozen frontier: a history of Siberia and the Russian Far East 1581–1991 (A&C Black, 2011) Yakhontoff, Victor A. Russia And The Soviet Union In The Far East (1932)
Despite this, Yeniseian languages played a significant role in Chinese, Mongolian, and Central Asian history. Both the ruling elite of the Xiongnu and that of the Later Zhao dynasty appear to have spoken, at least partially, Yeniseic. It has been suggested that the part of the Xiongnu underwent a linguistic shift from Yeniseian to Turkic.