Excerpt from Peoples of Asiatic Russia<br><br>Asiatics, the Aryan, and the semitic elements present complicated problems. Each of these divisions must be considered from the stand point of its own perplexing anthropological and historical aspects, as well as taking into account kinship and connections with other peoples outside of Asiatic Russia, or even outside of Asia. Further, adequately to present these ethnic divisions, and the various groups of peoples, one must review their somatological, linguistic, and cultural characters. To this end these divisions have been treated geographically and in accordance with their present locations, as the tribes to be found in Siberia proper, in the Amur region, the Steppe provinces, in Turkestan, the Caucasus, and finally the native populations of bordering countries. Lastly, for the sake of perspective, we add a review of the prehistory and migrations in the region as a whole, together with a résumé of cultural characteristics.<br><br>The author was able to consult many Russian publications in the libraries of the American Geographical Society, the Slavic Division of the Congressional Library, and in other American institutions, as well as some of the latest works and information on the population of Asiatic Russia, thus making it possible to include otherwise inaccessible data.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.