The Oligocene fossil deposits from Valley of Lakes in Central Mongolia have provided a wealth of rodent fossils. Among these, cricetids are a very important part. To date, only the Miocene genera have been described in detail. Here, we focus on the Oligocene genus Eucricetodon from this region. Eucricetodontinae are the most abundant fossils in the Oligocene Valley of Lakes faunas. The present ...

The purpose of the study is to assess level energy supply population Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asian (EECCA) countries, taking into account their financial risk efficiency for households as potential socially vulnerable consumers. research methodology based on three approaches determining poverty population, well integral index segments population. Based results assessing EECCA it h...

BACKGROUND The species Yersinia pestis is commonly divided into three classical biovars, Antiqua, Medievalis, and Orientalis, belonging to subspecies pestis pathogenic for human and the (atypical) non-human pathogenic biovar Microtus (alias Pestoides) including several non-pestis subspecies. Recent progress in molecular typing methods enables large-scale investigations in the population structu...

As part of a larger analysis of country systems described elsewhere, named a Crop Country Inventory, CCI, large variations in annual crop yield for selected climate sensitive agricultural regions or sub-regions within a country have been studied over extended periods in decades. These climate sensitive regions, principally responsible for large annual variations in an entire country’s crop prod...

Handsome fungus beetle Lycoperdina succincta (Linnaeus, 1767) from the family Endomychidae is first recorded Kazakhstan (North Kazakhstan, Akmola, and North regions South-East Almaty region). The finds of L. region are currently southernmost localities for this species a new record Central Asia. Coprinus comatus (O.F. Müller) Persoon, 1797, Tulostoma volvulatum I.G. Borshchov, 1865, Bo...

This article briefly explains the attitude and actions of Soviet state towards holy places in example Khoja Ahmet Yasawi Tomb. Adhering to ideology atheism, Soviets encountered biggest obstacles building a new society. It was religion customs local people Central Asia. For long time Turkestan had tradition considering visiting tombs saints as holy. One largest region The Yesewi Tomb is sacred p...

This paper analyses EU-Central Asia trade and EU economic assistance to Central Asia. Some companies have had a high profile in individual countries or energy projects (reflected relations between parent host country), but overall lagged the higher of Russian increasing Chinese presence. low priority external policies towards Soviet successor states. After 2007 became more active designing stra...