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Ispindzhab the inhabitants spoke both Soghdian and Turkish, and 

 there were left no people who spoke only Soghdian. 



Summary. — Period I (third-sixth centuries) did not result in the 

 assimilation of the Soghdians by the local Turkish populations. The 

 Soghdians engaged in commercial relations with the Turks, but there 

 was no organic intertwining of the Soghdian culture with that of 

 the local nomads. 



Period II (from the end of the sixth century) is connected with 

 the emigrations from Bukhara. At the same time this was a period 

 of assimilation of the Soghdians with the Turkish nomads, resulting 

 in complete dissolution of Soghdian culture in the culture of the 

 nomads. This process was completed by the end of the ninth century. 

 Most recent archeological investigations reveal that the second wave 

 of colonization was less "pure" than the first. 



Together with the Soghdians in this colonization participated 

 Christian Syrians.^^ 



Kirghiz S.S.R.27 



In Frunze [formerly Pishpek] the Kirghiz Museum of National 

 Culture is under construction. Designed by V. Variuzhskii in the 

 shape of a large yurt, the building will be decorated with white 

 marble, majolica work, wood and marble carvings, and colorful 

 national ornaments. The exhibits will trace the history of Kirghizia 

 and will include cultural memorials and works of art. About 3,000 

 persons will be able to visit the Museum at the same time. 



A windowless effect is attained by covering the exterior with a 

 protruding diagonal latticework into whose diamond-shaped open- 

 ings panes of glass are set. Thus, with the circular glass cupola 

 sufficient light filters through into the building. 



SIBERIA 



Khakass A.S.S.R. 



During 1940 while a highway was under construction a slice was 

 cut off a small hill near the Power Collective Farm, 8 kilometers from 

 Abakan, revealing the ruins of a house. On closer study the find 

 proved to be the remains of an ancient Chinese house dating back to 

 the period of the Han Dynasty, approximately the first century B. C. 



26 Borisov, A. lA., Syrian inscriptions from Taraz. Izvestia of Kazakhstan 

 Branch of the Academy of Sciences. [In press.] 



27 This summary is based on an article by Nina Riazantseva in the Moscow 

 News, June i, 1946. 



