Maiskii, I. M. (Ivan Mikhailovich), 1884-1975. Contemporary Mongolia

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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records Maiskii, I. M. (Ivan Mikhailovich), 1884-1975 Dayton, Mrs. Kunitz, J.

Title: Contemporary Mongolia

Published By: Original publisher Irkutsk: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo, Irkutskoe Otdelenie. 1921. HRAF ms.: x, 782 p. [original: 332 p.] ill., maps

By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication [by] I. Maiskii

HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, 2006. Computer File

Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis. Mongolia (AH01)

Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF Culture summary (105); History (175); Pastoral activities (233); Production and supply (433); External trade (439); Territorial organization (630); Legal norms (671); Offenses and sanctions (680); Government institutions (640); Ecclesiastical organization (790);

Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document This report of the findings of the Russian Expedition to Mongolia in 1919-20 is the best source available for Mongolia and the Khalkha Mongols during the early years of the Mongolian Republic. The material is very exact, detailed and almost universal in its coverage. Of particular importance are the chapters on population, the socio-politcal structure, foreign minorities (Russian and Chinese) in Mongolia, economic life, and foreign trade in Mongolia. Throughout the report, Maiskii always informs the reader how he arrived at his conclusions, about his field methods and the documentary sources that he utilized.

Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents 14

Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits. ah01-014

Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs. Component part(s), monograph

Language: Language that the document is written in English translation from Russian

Note: Translation of: [Sovremennaia Mongoliia]|The original Russian text is not available Translated from the Russian for Human Relations Area Files by Mrs. Dayton and J. Kunitz in 1956. 128 pages of statistical tables have not been translated.

Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document 1919-1920

Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data Social Scientist-4,5

Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection. Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962

Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date). 1911-1920

Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site) Mongolia

LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings Mongols--Ethnology