barin

noun

1. Synonym of boyar.

   “Do not take him away, for he is a Barin, and yet he seeks to understand the mujik, and that also is a new thing.”

   “As a matter of "education (or re-education)" of his farmers, a landlord (barin) was demonstrating them a new plough he has purchased in Germany. The farmers (mouzhiki) watched silently and attentively. Then one of them said: - Barin, is this plough from Germany? - Yes. - That Germany which buys grain in Russia? - Yes. - Where are they going to buy grain, once we'll have started ploughing their way?”

   “There is Russian saying - Muzhik was angry at barin but barin did not even know about that”

name

1. A town in Payzawat, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

   “Village chiefs from Barin township, in Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) prefecture’s Peyziwat (Jiashi) county, recently told RFA’s Uyghur Service that hundreds of the Islamic holy books printed before 2012 had been seized since authorities issued an order recalling them on Jan. 15.”

2. A township in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

   “In 1990, an uprising in Barin town resulted in a clash between Uyghurs and police.”

   “Uighur discontent rumbled on for many years but the acknowledged turning point was the Barin uprising of 1990, when Afghan-trained Islamists set up loudspeakers in mosques in the villages of Barin and Turand and broadcast speeches praising jihad.¹³ The local police were attacked and their weapons seized, at which point the Chinese government responded decisively. Its overreaction to the Barin uprising only served to attract more Uighurs to the separatist Islamist banner:”

   “1990 On April 5, a group of terrorists, aided and abetted by the "East Turkistan Islamic Party," created a grave terrorist incident in Barin Township, Akto County, Xinjiang.”

   “On April 5,1990, a group of terrorists, aided and abetted by the "East Turkistan Islamic Party," created a grave terrorist incident in Barin Township, Akto County, Xinjiang.”

3. A township in Kargilik, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
4. A township in Shule, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
5. A village in Barin, Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

   “Thanks to this work and research experience I had the possibility to get access areas which in 2012 were still closed to foreigners and Chinese non-residents as Peizawat County, Akto County, and Barin village, to collect material and make interviews to farmers.”