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A yurt (from the Turkic languages) or ger is a portable, round tent ... In Russian, the structure is called yurta (юрта), whence the word came into English.
Akhmat-Yurt (Russian: Ахмат-Юрт; [5] Chechen: Ахьмад-Йурт, romanized: Aẋmad-Yurt), formerly known as Tsentaroy or Tsentoroy in Russian (Центарой or Центорой) and Khosi-Yurt in Chechen (Хоси-Юрт), is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia.
The frame and cover are usually quite heavy, but could be carried by the reindeer. The chum is still in use today as a year-round shelter for the Yamal-Nenets, Khanty and Todzha Tyvan people of Russia. The word chum (Russian: чум) came from Komi-Zyrian: ćom or Udmurt: ćum, both mean "tent, shelter". [3]
A kibitka (Russian: кибитка, from the Arabic kubbat, 'dome') is a pastoralist yurt of late-19th-century Kyrgyz and Kazakh nomads. [1] The word also refers to a Russian type of carriage [2] or sleigh. Aleksander Orłowski, "Traveler in a kibitka" 19th-century prison van known in Polish as kibitka
Kizilyurt (Russian: Кизилю́рт; Avar: Гъизилюрт; Kumyk: Къызыл-юрт, Qızıl-yurt) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, about 53 kilometers (33 mi) northwest of Makhachkala.
Many world-pictures and symbols are attributed to folk religions of Central Asia and Russian Siberia. Shamanistic religious symbols in these areas are often intermixed. For example, drawings of world-pictures on Altaic shamanic drums. [87] Mongolian shamanism Temdeg symbol Shangrak—top of the yurt—symbol of Tengrism. See also: Flag of Chuvashia
The most numerous of the Siberian Yupik peoples, the Chaplino Eskimos (Ungazigmit) had a round, dome-shaped building for winter. Literature refers to it as a "yaranga", the same term which the Chukchi people use, but the term used in the Chaplino Eskimos' language is mengteghaq (IPA [mɨŋtˈtɨʁaq], extended Cyrillic: мыӈтыӷаӄ). [4]
The village of Gazi-Yurt is situated on the right bank of the Sunzha River, approximately 1.5 km northeast of the regional center city of Nazran and 9 km north of Magas.It is surrounded by several neighboring settlements including Barsuki to the west, Plievo to the north, Yandare to the northeast, Surkhakhi to the southeast, and Ekazhevo to the southwest.