An informative review article is linked to that map of ‘the Stan’s. Notable so by what it leaves off! Divides Asia into FIVE parts, then mentions a SIXTH part could be considered then.never discusses it. That part was merely the geographically largest part: Russia east of the traditional Ural dividing line. Which included Siberia. And one notable location within those five remains as unmapped and undiscussed as… Shangri-La. Tibet! Stolen from one part, by another which wants us to forget the theft. And which dreams of quietly adding more from the uncounted North.
There are a lot of ‘Stans’ on that map.
Who is this “Stan” clan these countries are named after?....