Through Russian Central Asia

by Stephen Graham

[218] et seq.
Maral deer horns, [219] et seq.
Maralnik, cost of construction of a, [223]
Mare’s milk. (See Koumis)
Marlowe on Tamerlane the Great, [52]
Mecca, Mohammedan pilgrimages to, [36]
Medvedka, [220];
a maral farm at, [222]
Melba, Madame, [261]
Merke, [117]
Merv, fall of, [66];
Central Asian Railway extended to, [69];
annexation of, England’s attitude on, [237]
Mesopotamia, a holy war in, [67]
“Midsummer Night among the tent-dwellers,” [184] et seq.
Milner, Lord, [253];
an open letter to, [253]-[7]
Mogul. (See Mongol)
Mohammedanism and Mohammedan cities, [35] et seq.;
Mecca pilgrimages, [36];
Cairo, [40];
the Koran, [41];
fatalism and, [42];
characteristics of, [42]-[3];
birth of Mahomet, [49].
(See also Bokhara)
Mongolia, Russians in, [70]
Mongolian brick tea, [198];
Huns, [49]
Mongols, the, [47]
Moslem pilgrimages to Mecca, [36]
N
Narimsky Mountains, [218]
Naturalisation, the question of, [260]
Navy, the, necessity for increasing, [268]
Nazimof, M., [126] et seq.
Nevsky, Alexander, [63]
Nikanorovitch, Mikhail, [223] et seq.
Nikolaevski, [160]
Nomadic tribes, [44] et seq.
North Caucasian oilfields, [10]
Northern Persia, Russians in, [70]
Novy Troitsky, [122]
O
Oil region of the Caucasus, [10]
Orenburg falls into Russian hands, [65]
Osmanli, the, [46]
Ossetines, [4], [5], [6], [47]
Oxus, the, [24];
a State service of steamers on, [69]
P
Pamir, [8], [63];
grants to emigrants, [152]
Passports, [15], [32]
Pavlovska, Zoe, a pilgrimage to tomb of Bibi Khanum, [53]-[4]
Paynim, the, [37]
Pecunia, [114]
Pekin, siege of, [50]
Persia, roses in, [20] et seq.;
its future, [243]
Persian dockers, [12]
Persians, the, [44], [45]
Petrovsk, [10]
Photographs and free shaves, [97]
Pigs’ liver, black, [4]
Pishpek, fall of, [64];
population of, [123];
a meeting with a Government topographer, [126];
climate of, [128];
skin disease in, [129];
a jurisdiction of the Seven Rivers Province, [148];
Government grants for emigrants, [150]
Police, Russian, [177]
Polovinka, [174]
Porters, Russian, [11], [12]
Proletkas, [27]
Prometheus, legend of, [7]
Przhevalsk, [148]
R
Railway concessions and fares for emigrants, [144] et seq.
Railways, Russian, [17], [18], [56], [68] et seq., [244], [250], [268];
scenes at stations, [19], [20];
British distrust of Trans-Persian Railway, [243]
Rice-growing, [149]
“Ride to Khiva,” Burnaby’s, [239]
River charges for emigrants, [147]
Romanovskaya, [203]
Rome burned by the Goths, [48];
sacked by the Vandals, [48]
Roses, Persian, [20] et seq.
“Round Table,” the, [249] (note)
Russia, English entente with, [8];
railway systems of, [17], [18], [56], [68] et seq., [244], [250], [268];
conquered by Attila, [48];
rise of, [64] et seq.;
colonisation of, [66] et seq., [70] et seq.;
powers of chief of police in, [177];
mobilisation of, [234];
her possible designs on India, [237];
future of her empire, [244] et seq.;
exports of, [244]-[5];
the question of a trade treaty, [247];
the white population in, [249], [269]
Russia and England: the question of India, [241]-[4];
rivalry of Empire, [244]-[6];
the trade treaty, [246]-[7];
the basis of friendship, [247]-[8]
Russia and India, and prospects of Anglo-Russian friendship, [237] et seq.
Russian card games, [195];
colonies: provinces open to colonisation, [138];
information to intending colonists, [138];
colonisation, [155];
exports: the Tariff Reform view of, [245]
Russian Central Asia, capital of, [57] et seq.;
commercial travellers in, [123]-[4]
Russian Empire, the, and the British Empire, [249]-[70]
Russian Turkestan, Uzbeks in, [63]
S
St. James’s Conference, the, [213]
Salt steppes, the, [10], [15], [17]
Samarkand, the grave of Timour, [44];
conquest of, [50];
an impressionist poem on, [53];
a Mohammedan centre, [55];
foundation of, [56];
Russian occupation of, [65];
and the Central Asian Railway, [69];
Government inducements to emigrants, [152]
San Francisco, a Chinese underground city in, [171]
Sandbanks, [18]
Saracens, the, [47]
Sarajevo tragedy, the, [212]
Sarts, the, [26];
in Samarkand, [56];
natives of Tashkent, [59]-[60];
their orchestra: music from 10-ft. horns, [106]
Scandinavia, Attila’s conquest of, [48]
Scythia, [45]
Semipalatinsk, [207];
Dostoieffsky in exile at, [210];
shops of, [210]-[211];
and the Sarajevo tragedy, [212]-[213]
Semiretchenskaya Oblast. (See Seven Rivers Land)
Semi-retchie, Northern, plain of, [186]
Semitic tribes, with Arabs, conquer Persia, etc., [49]
Serbia and the assassination of the Archduke of Austria, [212]-[213]
Sergiopol, population of, [123];
shops of, [205];
a commercial traveller’s experiences in, [205]-[6]
Seven Rivers Land, Russian penetration and occupation of, [64], [116], [148];
fauna of, [116];
its troika, [117] et seq.;
climate of, [149];
Government grants to emigrants, [141], [150];
taxes, [151];
military service, [151];
timber, [151];
cinema shows in, [159];
the Pass and Gorge of Abakum, [185], [186]-[7]
Shakespeare’s burlesque on Tamerlane the Great, [52]
Shashleek, [105]
Shaving extraordinary, [181]-[2]
Sheep as payment for goods purchased, [114]
Siberia, value of land in, [141];
an old-established Russian colony, [207];
compared with Canada, [208]-[9];
population of, [209]
Sirdaria, deserts of, [8];
author at, [74];
a Kirghiz settlement at, [75] et seq.;
Government grants to emigrants, [152]
Skobelef, General, reduces Geok-Tepe, [21];
in Transcaspia, [65]
Skobelef, the, [13]
South Africa, irrigation possibilities in, [255]
Southern Siberia, steppes of, [8]
Spider, black, [116], [162]
Stantsi, [122]
Steamship service, a national, [268]
Stewart, Mr., “Boss of the Terek,” [4]
Storks in Bokhara, [31]
Strikes in war time, [261]
Suffragettes, Russian opinion of, [195]
T
Table Mountain, [3]
Tadzhiks, the, [44]
Talass, River, [113], [115]
Tamara, [6]
Tamara, Queen, castle of, [6]
Tamerlane the Great, his conquests for Mohammedanism, [50];
Emperor of Asia, [51], [63];
Marlowe on, [52];
conquest of India and Eastern Russia, [52]
Tariff reform and Russian exports, [245]
Tartars, enemies to Christians, [37];
rising of the, [49]
Tashkent, [57] et seq.;
water-supply of, [57]-[8];
muezzin towers of, [59];
an exiled Grand Duke at, [60];
schools, [60]-[1];
cinema shows at, [61];
Russian atmosphere of, [61]-[2];
Kaufmann Square, [62];
taken by Russians, [64]
Tea, Russian and Indian, [158]
Tea dust, solidified, [198]
Tekintsi, the, headgear of, [19];
a great fortress of, [21]
Terek, River, [3]
Terek, the “Boss” of, [4]
Thian Shan Mountains, [162]
Timour the Lame. (See Tamerlane the Great)
Tokmak, fall of, [64]
Tolstoy, [264]
Transcaspia becomes a Russian province, [65]
Trans-Ilian Alai Tau Mountains, [90]
Trans-Persian Railway, the, [243]
Tribes, mediæval history of, [44] et seq.
Triple Entente, the, [8]
Troika, the Russian, [117] et seq.
Tsaritsinskaya, [175]
Tulovka, [220]
Turkestan, cosmopolitan, [22];
four great cities of, [44];
value of land in, [141];
restrictions as to emigration, [142];
demand for labour in, [152];
grants in aid, [152]
Turkish tribes, the chief, [46]
Turkomans, dress of, [19];
one of the chief Turkish tribes, [46]
Turks, the, [46]
U
United Kingdom, the, overcrowding in, [268]
United States, the, mixed races in, [249], [264];
loss of British citizens to, [263] et seq.
Ust-Kamennygorsk, [214]
Uzbeks, the, [46];
in Bokhara, Khiva, and Russian Turkestan, [63]
V
Valens, Emperor, [47]
Vandals, the, [48]
Vatrushki, [8]
Verney, fall of, [64];
population of, [123];
a jurisdiction of the Seven Rivers Province, [148];
rice-growing at, [149];
Government grants, [150];
capital of Seven Rivers, [156];
its apples, [156];
the High School, [157];
German sausages in, [158];
newspaper record of cinema shows, [158]-[9]
Visokoe, [99]
Vladikavkaz, the military road of, [2], [4]
Vodka in Russian Central Asia, [86]
Vsevolodovitch Yaroslaf, [63]
W
Wages boards, [261]
Ward, Mrs. Humphry, [261]
Wheatfields in the desert, [19], [20]
Wimmera, the, [261]
Wolves in Russian Central Asia, [87]
Y
Yakuts, the, [46]
Yaroslaf Vsevolodovitch, [63]
Yellow Peril, the, [170]
Z
Zaalaisk, Government grants to emigrants, [152]
Zollverein, a, Chamberlain and, [251]

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FOOTNOTES:

[A] Connected by rail with Tashkent since my tramp across the country.

[B] As the Government never exercised a monopoly of the sale of vodka in Russian Central Asia the Tsar’s edict did not apply to these regions. However, I believe the sale of intoxicating liquor has been greatly restricted by the local authorities.

[C] Pecus = a head of cattle, a beast of the field.

[D] This differentiation in hue is in case the persons holding the certificates should be illiterate.

[E] Counting the rouble as worth 1s. 6d. At the moment of writing it is worth rather less than 1s. 4d., but it should improve somewhat.

[F] See “The Round Table,” a review of the interests of the Empire, and “The Prospect of a Commonwealth,” an extraordinary after-the-war volume.

[G] American value, i.e. £1,000,000,000.