Will Mongolia Have the Courage to Scrap the Russian Alphabet?

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Will Mongolia Have the Courage to Scrap the Russian Alphabet?

December 18, 2014

Staunton, December 18 – Mongols live in three states, Mongolia, Buryatia within the borders of the Russian Federation, and Inner Mongolia within the borders of the Peoples Republic of China. They share many things in common including their language, but they are divided by alphabets imposed by outsiders. The Buryats are currently compelled to use […]

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China Could Suffer Same Fate as USSR, Uyghur Leader Says

October 28, 2014

Window on Eurasia

Staunton, October 28 – The people of Hong Kong, together with the peoples of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Republic and Tibet, are fighting for their independence, Rabiya Kadir, a leader of the Uyghur national movement says, and if one succeeds so too will the others and thus “it is not excluded that in a short […]

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