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• 1 2020-10-06T09:55:55-04:00 The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years 57-80 15 Chingiz Aitmatov plain 2020-12-14T08:56:41-05:00

  Richard Chen
  
  pg. 57 — Ionosphere
  The Ionosphere is part of the Earth's atmosphere, full of a vast quantity of free ions and electrons. This layer is able to reflect radio waves.

  pg. 59 — Lesnaya Grud
  The home planet of the "aliens" that Cosmonaut 1-2 and Cosmonaut 2-1 visited. This planet is supposed to be highly advanced, with the civilization living there being able to control climate as well as build towering cities that dwarfs that of Manhattan. However, because of the constant intervention from the native population, the entire planet is slowly becoming a desert. 

  pg. 63 — Naiman tribe
  The Naiman tribe is based off the real-life Naiman tribe, originating in Mongolia and part of the Kazakh nation. In the book, this was the tribe that settled in the area where our main character, Yedigei, lives. 

  pg. 63 — dzhanaza
  The general prayers that were usually said before a burial. 

  pg. 65 — Train 57/’The Happy 57th’
  The train carrying wounded soldiers home from WWII back to their homes in the USSR. It has been ironically called "The Happy 57th" because of the horrors abroad the train: wounded soldiers, people trying to trample each other on/off the train, and the "lost feeling" that the soldiers aboard the train thought about when arriving home.

  pg. 66 — wormwood
  A herb that's prized and is utilized in medicinal practices, including problems with digestion, bladder, appetite, abdominal pains, and more. It grows in the Eurasian region, as well as in the North American region. 

  pg. 66 — Zhangel’di
  A fishing village where Yedigei used to reside before he was shipped off to WWII. It borders the Aral Sea, which is currently drying up due to man-made interventions. Though Yedigei was originally excited to meet his family and friends at Zhangel'di again, he ended up abandoning his home in search for a purpose in life again.

  pg. 67 — Arstan, Zholbars, Boribasar (translated in book)
  Russian for Lion, Tiger, and Wolfhound. These were the names that Yedigei was contemplating about when naming a dog he befriended.

  pg. 67 — Koenigsberg (also spelled Konigsberg)
  A historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, located in modern-day Russia. This historic city has seen itself being ruled over by many empires through its historic life, including the Teutonic Order (German-Catholic Empire), Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, the Weimer Republic, Nazi Germany, and much more. This beautiful city borders the Baltic Sea and was the home of the Baltic navy for Russia.

  pg. 71 — shellshocked
  A term coined in WWI, that describes a form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that soldiers suffered upon in the lines of combat. The cause of this condition was due to a constant bombardment of shells as well as ferocious fighting. Effects include a state of constant panic for those affected, as well as constant feelings of helplessness, tiredness, and the inability to sleep, walk, and talk.

  pg. 71 — Kumbel’
  A mining town that Yedigei and his wife, Ukubala, ended up staying at for a short amount of time. This town and period are described with many hardships, where Yedigei and Ukubala labored away, stacking wagons of coal and transporting them back and forth. However, it was Ukubala who did all the heavy-lifting due to Yedigei's constant feeling of tiredness and inability to move from his condition of being shell-shocked.

  pg. 74 — Sarozek
  A small village in modern-day Kazakhstan, where Yedigei, his wife, and children ended up settling after taking up Kazangap's offer of living there. This place is described as being in the middle of a desert and is extremely hot and arid, where the metal train tracks and the water they drink could cause severe burns.

  pg. 75 — takyr
  Also spelled "takir." A type of soil formation in the deserts of Central Asia. It is translated from Kazakh, where it means "smooth, even, and bare." Takyr usually forms in dry climates, where many cracks could been seen, separating the many layers apart.

  pg. 75 — Ustyurt Plateau
  A desert between three nations: modern day Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. In the book, it is described as one of the first dry plains (something resembling a desert) seen by Yedigei. The Ustyurt Plateau has been historically roamed by semi-nomadic people who herd sheep, camels, and goats. 

  pg. 76 — liquidation of kulaks as a class
  The term "kulaks" refer to peasants in Russia who were wealthy enough to earn private land and were later prosecuted by the millions by Stalin during his reign. The phrase "liquidation of kulaks as a class" alludes to this persecution, where thousands and millions of civilians in Stalin's rule are captured, kidnapped, wrongfully accused, and killed in the name of keeping Communist Soviet Rules. Kazangap's father was taken by the Soviet police because of this horrific event, a memory that Kazangap keeps tucked away.

  pg. 77 — Betpak-Dala
  Another desert in Kazakhstan. This area is often described as arid; however, it does have a few saline bodies of water as well as underground sources of water running beneath the desert. In the book, Kazangap worked here for six years, turning and tilling the land for the construction of plantations and farms.

  pg. 77 — Bukei (Karakalpak girl, near Khiva)
  A girl from Khiva whom Kazangap later married. She fell in love and married Kazangap, without her parent's and brother's approval. They lived and traveled together until Kazangap was later sent off to war.

  pg. 77 — Kirgiz
  Also spelled "Kyrgyz." Kirgiz describes a type of ethnicity of people who resided primarily in modern-day Kyrgyzstan. They are a Turkish ethnic group that has its ties in many ethnicities, including Chinese and European origins. 

  pg. 78 — Sin’tsyan (Sinkiang), China
  (also spelled "XinJiang") A region in China that borders Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Because of its borders with so many different countries, each with their own cultures and traditions, the people of Sin'tsyan are said to be a mixing pot of all these different practices flourish. Additionally, because of its central location on the Euro-Asian continent, this region was a major trading hub in the Silk Road.