On the Scientific Expedition in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the PRC (chronicle and preliminary results)

Abstract

The article is a summary of the scientific expedition on the project «Linguistic and ethno-demographic features of the Oirats (Kalmyks) of the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region of the PRC (from July 6 to August 13, 2012). The author describes the aims and objectives of the expedition, the participants, the preliminary results of the systematization and processing of field data.

Keywords

• xinjiang
• oirats
• chronicle
• expedition
• preliminary results