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Word: baiga (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1929-1929
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...this story, the misogynist commander of the Cossack police garrison. And there his boyish niece Fedossia went to visit him. They hunted in the deserts, chased and captured Kara-Kirghiz bandits, rescued a lecherous Russian fop from the underground Chinese desert city Tourfan, partook in a Kirghiz baiga (rodeo), found gold together, watched the Fouidoutoun of Souidoun dynamite himself, his family and his dwelling in despair over the Chinese revolution, and decided to marry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: At the Throne of God | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

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