Talk:Yam (route)

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[edit] Checkpoint

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

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)

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)