Russian Turkestan
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Against all advice they had penetrated the snow-blocked Pamirs into Russian Turkestan, threaded the glaciered Tian-Shan range, crossed Chinese Turkestan and headed for Urga in Mongolia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their ornithologist and curator, George K. Cherrie, was to proceed at once with their heavy bag back to civilization, via Russian Turkestan and the Caspian Sea, collecting as he went.
From Time Magazine Archive
Strange to say, he came from Russian Turkestan.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
The felt manufactured in this town not having enough consistency or solidity, we took Aksu felt, which is better than this of Khotan, though inferior to the felt of Russian Turkestan.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
There is one going out, formed of traders in Persia and Russian Turkestan.
From The Adventures of a Special Correspondent by Verne, Jules
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