Talk:Yam (route)

Asia: Mongols Low‑importance

	Asia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Asia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Asia on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AsiaWikipedia:WikiProject AsiaTemplate:WikiProject AsiaAsia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Mongols (assessed as High-importance).

Central Asia High‑importance

	Asia portal Yam (route) is part of WikiProject Central Asia, a project to improve all Central Asia-related articles. This includes but is not limited to Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang and Central Asian portions of Iran, Pakistan and Russia, region-specific topics, and anything else related to Central Asia. If you would like to help improve this and other Central Asia-related articles, please join the project. All interested editors are welcome.Central AsiaWikipedia:WikiProject Central AsiaTemplate:WikiProject Central AsiaCentral Asia articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Middle Ages Low‑importance

	Middle Ages portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Middle Ages, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Middle Ages on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Middle AgesWikipedia:WikiProject Middle AgesTemplate:WikiProject Middle AgesMiddle Ages articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Mongols: Mongol Empire High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Mongols, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Mongol culture, history, language, and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MongolsWikipedia:WikiProject MongolsTemplate:WikiProject MongolsMongols articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by Mongol Empire task force.

Russia: Economy / History High‑importance

	Russia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Russia, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of Russia on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.RussiaWikipedia:WikiProject RussiaTemplate:WikiProject RussiaRussia articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the economy of Russia task force.
	This article is supported by the history of Russia task force.

Checkpoint[edit]

Didn't the system consist of relay stations rather than checkpoints? Yaan (talk) 10:29, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't chose the term and didn't think about the difference very hard when editing either, but you're probably right. --Latebird (talk) 12:55, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As it was in Russian books from XIX - first half of XX these yams were called (by Russians in Mongolia) "станок" (singular). Vocabulary of folk geography terms vol.2 (in Russian):"At Eastern and Southern Syberia along the "тракт"s (main roads) are located "станки"(plural) - communication settlements where is possible get food and rest."

And I will try to find maps from German world atlas (1907) where were noted probably postal stations along mongolian roads. Bogomolov.PL (talk) 17:28, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Yam" means department or administration in modern mongolian, a language which has changed very little from the time of Chinggis Khaan (any Mongolian person can read the secret history of the mongols, written shortly after Chinggis' death, with less difficulty than an Brit or American can read Shakespeare). This may be the etymology of the name. http://www.bolor-toli.com/index.php?pageId=10&go=1&direction=mn-en&search=%D1%8F%D0%B0%D0%BC 122.201.20.66 (talk) 07:52, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I believe that the translation of өртөө is incorrect - http://www.bolor-toli.com/index.php?pageId=10&go=1&direction=mn-en&search=%D3%A9%D1%80%D1%82%D3%A9%D3%A9 I do not speak Mongolian personally, but this is the major online dictionary used by all Mongolian people (Source: I live in Mongolia). 122.201.20.66 (talk) 07:55, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think the proper modern Mongolian word is "зам"(Zam). www.bolor-toli.com/dictionary/word?search=зам Lqp (talk) 12:25, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mongol Derby[edit]

The Mongol Derby is supposed to retrace the route. Articles about the Mongol Derby:

The Mongol Derby: Genghis Khan’s Equestrian Gauntlet by Jonathan DeHart, The Diplomat. 28 August 2013. http://thediplomat.com/2013/08/the-mongol-derby-genghis-khans-equestrian-gauntlet/
World's Toughest Horse Race Retraces Genghis Khan's Postal Route by Ashleigh N. DeLuca, National Geographic. 7 August 2014. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140806-mongolia-derby-horses-genghis-riders-adventure-race/

I'm leaving this here in case there are people interested in this. Don't think it is significant to add to the main article. Linnah (talk) 10:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]