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Also Known As Turkestan

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Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyayev
Russian general
al-Fārābī
Muslim philosopher
Kaufmann, detail of an engraving
Konstantin Petrovich Kaufmann
Russian general
Przhevalsky, Nikolay Mikhaylovich
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Russian explorer
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Sir Alexander Burnes
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Yelü Dashi
emperor of Western Liao dynasty