and communicate with Russian officials and Kyrgyz tribal chiefs during his travels. He published an important variant of the Kyrgyz epic of "Manas" about a farewell meeting between the hero Manas and his two-month-old child, Semetei. His article included a Latin transcription, and German translation, of the Kyrgyz-language text of the episode. Contributions György Almásy's field work and descriptive writings about them constitute his highest achievement. Later, he primarily made ethnographical and oriental studies; these found readership in the Ethnographical Bulletin and Bernát Munkácsy's journal. His collected works on the Kyrgyz, which the Néprajzi Múzeum holds, have played a part in ethnographical exhibitions. Works Madártani betekintés a román Dobrudzsába (Ornithological investigation into the Romanian Dobruja). Budapest, 1898. Utazásom orosz Turkesztánba (My Journey to Russian Turkestan). Budapest, 1903. Vándor-utam Ázsia szívébe (My Travels to the Heart of Asia). Budapest, Természettudományi Könyvkiadó-vállalat, 1903. Literature on him Асанов У.А., Джуманазарова А.З., Чоротегин Т.К. Кыргызская наука в лицах: Краткий исторический и био-библиографический свод / Отв. ред. академик У.А.Асанов. – Бишкек: Центр госязыка и энциклопедии, 2002. – 544 стр., илл. – References External links The "other" Almásy Ethnographical lexicon: György Almásy György Almásy (1867–1933), Terebess Ázsia e-library 1867 births 1933 deaths Hungarian zoologists Hungarian ornithologists Hungarian explorers Gyoergy