WHERE SLAV AND MONGOL MEET 



A TURKOMAN OF RUSSIAN TURKESTAN 

 With his shaggy sheepskin shako and his flowing caftan, he is an ideal artist's model, whether striding about 

 the marketplace of Merv with unconscious grace, mounted on stalking camel and leading his caravan across 

 the desert vastness, or swaying in perfect unison with his galloping steed of the steppes. 



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