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By the way, I asked a friend about what “коши” are and she said this:

я не нашла значение слова "коши", но вероятно это палатки (что-то похожее на палатки), потому что, например, туристы разбивают палатки (разбивать - открывать, раскладывать). Калмыки кочевники, поэтому скорее всего они разбивали палатки возле широкого оврага. Это не очень распространённая лексика.

кош - это лагерь

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Ah thank you! That might make sense

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I always thought the Kalmyks were such a anomaly given that they are the only Buddhist nation in their part of the world. Then again the more I learn about history the foggier the line between East

and West seems to become.

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Thank you, this was fascinating. Had no idea mannerheim was in Central Asia!

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He wrote a book it, I think Mystery Grove was going to republish but ran into legal/coypright issues

It can probably still be easily found thought

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Thx hombre!

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