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Soslan, Ossetian (Nart) hero 108, 123
Sosriqwe, son of Satána-Guasha 118, see also
Soslan
Spain 164–165, 258
Spinei, Victor 98, 144 n. 89
square 238 and n. 59, 239, 251, 281
Sredets (Sofia) 83 n. 296
Stanilov, Stanislav 190 n. 87, 227 n. 18
Stavropol Upland 12, 131, 210, 257
Stepanov, Tsvetelin 18, 21, 25 n. 34, 39, 48,
60, 62, 67, 72–73, 77, 78 n. 271, 92, 122,
185 n. 68, 212 n. 183, 270 n. 8, 272 n. 18,
279, 281
steppe
Asian steppe 192, 217
Azov steppe 156, 236 n. 49
Black Sea steppe 3, 151, 168, 180, 187, 275
Caucasian steppe 26, 134, 247
Crimean steppe 184, 203–204, 236
Don steppe 27, 29, 131, 172, 195
Eurasian steppe 3, 21, 59, 122, 177, 249,
268–269, 273–274, 279, 282
European steppe 26 n. 41, 27, 29, 38, 136,
143, 192–193, 216, 253
Kalmyk steppe 132, 205 n. 149, 211, 253
steppe empires 6, 20, 80, 175, 178–179 and
n. 44, 180 and n. 48, 190 n. 87, 218 n. 217,
222–226 and n. 13, 227, 230, 233,
268–273, 275–282 and n. 55, 283
steppe peoples 18–19, 21–22, 70, 75, 79, 100,
124 and n. 511, 126, 167, 217, 246, 249, 271,
275, 279–282 and n. 55
steppe world 49, 53, 59–60, 62, 79 n. 277,
89 n. 328, 95, 100 n. 383, 105, 137 n. 55,
138, 238–239, 249, 269, 278–282
Stoianov, Iuri 19 and n. 12, 25 n. 35, 111, 121
Stoianov, Valeri 24–25, 139, 282
Strabo 107 and n. 412, 109
Sveneld, Rus’ warlord 201 n. 129
Sveshtari 107
Sviatopolk, Rus’ Prince 265 n. 205
Sviatoslav, Rus’ Prince 100, 129, 145–146,
148, 157, 169, 214 n. 198, 219 n. 223,
235–236, 262–263 and notes 194–195,
264–267
Svishtov 108
Svistun, Genadii 238 n. 56
Sugdea/Sudak 10–12, 14, 163 n. 61, 187 n. 75,
197 and n. 109, 204, 256
Suhrab,Yuhanna ibn Sarabiyun 38
Sukhaia Gomol’sha hillfort 8–9, 199 n. 120
Sukhobokov, Oleg 188 n. 78
Sula River 174
Sulak River 205 and n. 149, 251, 260 n. 178
Sun 71–72, 74, 77, 79, 104–106, 111–115, 123,
125
Suwar 14, 16, 138, 150, 158, 233 n. 36, 244 n. 87
Sweden 148
sword 77, 81 and n. 288
Syr Darya River 23, 30 and n. 52, 32–35, 38,
40, 45, 46 n. 123, 134 n. 34, 240–241,
242 n. 81, 243, 244 n. 87, 246, 273,
276–278
Syria 141, 143, 149Al-Tabari, Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir
45, 63
Tabaristan/Tabaristanis 151, 155
Tabiti, Scythian goddess 103–104, 106,
108–109, 111, 123
Taganrog Bay 132 n. 24, 195
Tahirids 248
Tajikistan 31
Taman Peninsula 120, 127, 130, 133, 139, 162,
169, 181, 183, 189, 191–192, 203, 207 and
n. 155, 209–210, 229, 231, 236, 241, 256,
261, 264
Tamar, Georgian Queen 121
tamgas (bident and trident) 29 and n. 51,
59, 65, 76 n. 260, 78, 119–120 and n. 481,
126, 275
Tammuz, Sumerian god 105 n. 401
Tankeevka 132 n. 24
Targitaus, ancestor of the Scythians 46, 76,
103–104, 108
Targu 203 n. 141
tarkhan 23 and n. 25, 61–65 and n. 208,
98, see also Khazar tarkhan
Tarkhan George 61
Tarkhan, king of the Khazars 59, 61, 63–64
Tarkhan, Oghuz noble 65 n. 208, 242
Tarkhan, king(malik) of Khorasan 62
Tarki 12, 203 n. 141
Tatars 220
Tatishchev, Vasilii 265 and n. 204
Tauri 109
Taurica, see Crimea
Teng-Kala fortress 246