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The systematic anthropological study of Turkish peoples in the 

 U.S.S.R. was begun in 1924, little having been done previously. The 

 Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. has sponsored the study of the 

 following peoples : 



1. Chuvashes, Uzbeks, by B. Vishnevskij 



2. Tatars of the Crimea, and Nogais of Daghestan, by N. Tere- 

 binskaia. 



3. Yakuts, by Schreiber. 



4. Kazakhs, Bashkirs, and Teptiars, by S. I. Rudenko and S. 

 Baronov, 



5. Kirghiz, by R. Mitusova. 



6. The Central Asiatic organizations of the Academy sponsored 

 the study of the Uzbeks, Kirghiz, Kazakhs, and Turkomans by L. V. 

 Oshanin, in collaboration with V. K. lAsevich. 



7. The physical development of children was recorded by Shishlov, 

 Goncharov, and others; that of adults by A. I. lArkho, A. Askarov, 

 and others ; while demographic studies were made by D. lomudskaia, 

 E. Time, and assistants. 



8. The following studies were also conducted : 



a. Tatar tribes of European Russia, by G. Debets, T, Trofimova, 

 and V. Sergeev, all of MGU. 



b. Turkish tribes of the Caucasus, the Karachais, and Balkarians, 

 by V. Levin and V. Bunak, both of MGU. 



c. Kumyks and Kazakhs of the Volga area (Povolzhe) by G. 

 Debets and T, Trofimova. 



d. Azerbaidzhan Turks by Debets, lArkho, and N. I. Anserov. 



e. Mountain Tatars of the Crimea by lA. Roginskii. 



9. The former Society for the Study of the Urals, Siberia, and 

 the Far East collected and preserved materials on the anthro- 

 pology and demography of the Shortsi, Teleuts, nationalities of the 

 Oirot Autonomous Province, Khakass (various groups), Kazakhs, 

 Kirghiz of Kirghizia and Uzbekistan, Uigurs, Uzbeks (various 

 groups), Kuramins, Kara-Kalpaks, Turkomans of Turkestan S.S.R. 

 and of the North Caucasus, Azerbaidzhan Turks, Nogais of Daghestan 

 (lArkho), Kumyks (A. Grinevich), Karaims (B. Adler), and the 

 Russo-Turkish mestizos of the Altai and of the Khakass Autono- 

 mous Province. The craniological research was conducted by Bunak, 

 Debets, and Trofimova. 



10. A MGU Expedition (V. Bunak and A. I. lArkho, leaders) 

 was dispatched to Tannu-Tuva [formerly Uriankhai]. 



unwritten. I had the privilege of meeting him at MGU in September 1934, and 

 of discussing numerous anthropological problems of the Caucasus, Turkestan, 

 and Central Asia. (H. F.) 



