The Kazakhs, involved in livestock keeping, provided their livestock with natural pastures in all seasons. For this purpose the Kazakhs used pastures according to seasons: qystau (winter pasture), kokteu (spring pasture), zhailav (summer pasture) and kuzdeu (autumn pasture). The given article considers the usage of seasonal camps and historical-topography and cartography of the route of the Kazakhs on the basis of scientific facts. There were traditions and beliefs connected with seasonal migration. Those tribes who were involved in livestock keeping used to move to a long distance. The introduction of Russian tsar regime and the arrival of settlers made the nomads transfer to settled way of life in the second part of the XIX century. Tribes who moved a long distance used meridional, a short distance – transportation, to highlands – “direct” or “vertical” type of moving.
The organization of migration types of nomadic routes seasonal pastures distance and the length of nomadic routes traditions of nomadic migrations
Göç organizasyonu göç yollarının çeşitleri mevsimsel otlaklar göç yollarının mesafesi ve süreleri göç etme kuralları
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | July 30, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Issue: 90 |
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