Otok (administrative unit)

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Otok (or Otog) is a feudal inheritance in medieval Mongolia. In feudal dependence on otok there were people from various clans connected by the unity of the territory.[1][2]

The Otok of the Manchus

In the Manchurian period, the Otoki were replaced by the Hoshuns.[1][2]

The Otok of the Telengits

In the XVIII and XIX centuries, the Telengits had only two otoks, which had limited sovereignty.[3] These Otoks had zaisans in power. Later these lands became part of Russia and became known as volosts.[4]

The Otok of the Altaians

An administrative unit of self-government among the Altaians, similar to the concept of "volost", during the transition from Dzungarian influence to Russian citizenship.

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