Yenisei
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The Yenisei or Yenisey is the fifth-longest river system in the world, and the largest to drain into the Arctic Ocean.
The confluence of the rivers Kaa-Khem and Piy-Khem near Kyzyl
The river flowing through the Shushensky Forest
Inclined plane at Krasnoyarsk Dam
The Jenissej river gulf
Yenisei Kyrgyz
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The Yenisei Kyrgyz were an ancient Turkic people who dwelled along the upper Yenisei in the southern portion of the Minusinsk Hollow from the 3rd century BCE to the 13th century CE. The heart of their
Yenisei
…45 ft). The first written mention of the Yenisei River, as "Kem", dates back to the 7th century in Tang dynasty China, at the time of contact with Yenisei Kyrgyz of this region. The word Jian Shui (劔水; "Jian River") appears in the Book of Zhou, vol. 50, and the History of the Northern Dynasties, vol. 99, while…
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.
Funerary mask, towards the end of the Tashtyk culture, at the time when the Yenisei Kyrgyz were taking over the region. 5th-6th century CE.
Yenisei Kyrgyz artefacts
Yenisei Kyrgyz tableware and altar