the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia
another name for Kyrgyz Steppe
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Laboratory analysis revealed that big-game hunting has been an essential part of pastoral subsistence and culture in the Eastern Steppes for more than 3,500 years.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
“The Book of Dust” has other touchstones too: William Blake, the occult, ancient civilizations, East Asia and a eight-minute piece by Borodin called “In the Steppes of Central Asia.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2017
One such work was his seven-movement oratorio, Song of the Forest, a piece that celebrated the forestation of the Russian Steppes after the second world war.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2015
The Rockies reminded him of the Caucasus, Wyoming of the Steppes, and Yellowstone's panhandling bears "are from Siberia."
From Time Magazine Archive
These are the Siberian Steppes I have known and traversed and loved, and long and hope to see again.
From Russian Life To-day by Bury, Right Rev. Herbert
I was two days into the Gobi March, a brutal 155-mile ultramarathon through the steppes, sand dunes and rock valleys of Central Mongolia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
They then spent eight days on the road with a Chinese driver, travelling through mountains and lush steppes, which left Mr Sun in awe.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
In essence, how did their way of life change over time in a completely new environment after they left the steppes and abandoned their nomadic way of life?
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
In 568 C.E., according to contemporary records, warlike horse riders from the Mongolian steppes called the Avars surged into the grassy plains flanking the Danube River, in roughly the territory of modern Hungary.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024
The steppes, the flat grassland of southeastern Europe, crawled with rats and mice.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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