Russian Turkestan
Britishnoun
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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
Excavations in Russian Turkestan and Chinese Turkestan have revealed traces of ancient culture centres dating back beyond 2000 B.C.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
FERGHANA, or Fergana, a province of Russian Turkestan, formed in 1876 out of the former khanate of Khokand.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
Do not imagine that Chinese Turkestan differs very much from Russian Turkestan.
From The Adventures of a Special Correspondent by Verne, Jules
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