Pages: 183-186

The article discusses different hypotheses related to the problem of the genesis of the Tocharians and their migration to the Central Asia. The author is inclined to support the idea about attribution of the Tocharians to the Fatyanovo-Karasuk archaeological culture although this idea also has certain contradictions.

Keywords: Indo-Europeans, Tocharians, Central Asia, Fatyanovo-Karasuk culture, Seym-Turbino culture.

Information about author:

Leo Klejn (St. Petersburg, Russia). Doctor of historical sciences. European University at St. Petersburg.
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