The Oases of the Silk Road: Modern Problems of Ethnography, History and Source Studies of the Peoples of Central Asia

The book is dedicated to the memory of Balkis Khalilovna Karmysheva, a Soviet and Russian ethnographer, orientalist, and Turkologist, who was one of the leading researchers of the ethnography and history of Central Asian peoples. She was a doctor of historical sciences and worked at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Tajik SSR from 1945 to 1956, the Institute of Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1956 to 1990, and the N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (1990–1992 - USSR Academy of Sciences, 1992–2000 - RAS).

The volume contains contributions from both domestic and international scholars (Germany, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Poland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and France).

The book is intended for scholars in the fields of ethnography and source studies, as well as historians and orientalists. It is also suitable for university professors, graduate students, and advanced students who are interested in the history and ethnographic aspects of Central Asian societies. Additionally, the book is suitable for a wider audience of readers who have an interest in the historical and ethnographic issues of Central Asian peoples.