Do-it-yourself Kazakh yurt is easy to make. The craft has become traditional for the spring holiday of Nauryz. It is one of the ancient customs of Asia, symbolizing the arrival of spring. On the eve of this holiday, it is customary to decorate the house by making various Kazakh national crafts with your own hands. One of the traditional ones is the yurt - a symbol of the nomadic people. What do you need to make a colorful do-it-yourself yurt?
The design of the yurt is almost always made in the form of a hemisphere and is complemented by a dome-sphere. Windows with felt curtains are characteristic of such frame collapsible houses, and a felt roller always hangs over the entrance. When making a yurt, all these features should be taken into account so that the craft turns out to be as believable as possible.
You can make crafts from various materials, including plasticine, fabric, plastic and improvised materials. But most often products are made of paper.
Do you want to try your hand at needlework and make a yurt yourself? Then prepare the following materials and tools:
- thick paper or cardboard;
- soft tissue;
- bright yarn;
- glue;
- scissors;
- simple pencil.
Additionally, beads, narrow ribbons, pieces of bright fabric and colorful pictures with any ornament may be required to decorate the yurt.
Making crafts does not take much time. Now you just have to be patient, turn on your imagination and start working.
To make a paper yurt beautiful and stable, work according to the following algorithm:
- Take a sheet of thick paper. Measure 6 cm from the top. Using a simple pencil, draw a horizontal line. Put dots along the line at a distance of 2 cm.
- Draw lines over the dots. Fold the sheet along a long horizontal line. Cut 2 cm pieces to the fold line.
- Fold the whole piece of paper in half. Glue the resulting parts together. Spread glue on the right inner side of the sheet and glue the workpiece to make a cylinder.
- Take another sheet and cut out a circle with a diameter of 5 cm. Glue all the short pieces to it to make the roof of the yurt.
- Having made a model of a yurt out of cardboard, carefully make two cuts in the middle at a distance of 3 cm. This will be the inlet. Wrap the segment with a tube up above the entrance. The frame of the yurt is ready.
To make the craft bright and beautiful, make a little more effort and decorate it with a national ornament. Remember that real Kazakh steppe nomads had a yurt from the inside hung with carpets, ribbons that drive away evil spirits, and rugs on the floor. Therefore, there can be many ideas for creativity, and you can decorate your creation not only outside, but also inside.
You can draw and cut fancy ribbons and stick them on cardboard. The walls inside the yurt can be sheathed with flannel fabric. It is recommended to make the bottom according to the size of the yurt and glue a valuable piece of drape to it.
For credibility, weave thin braids from multi-colored threads and decorate the yurt outside and inside with them.
If you are working on a craft with a child, use multi-colored paper to create a colorful appliqué. Such a yurt, made from the heart, will be an excellent present for relatives and friends on Nauryz.
The traditional collapsible yurt is perhaps the most exotic type of temporary housing. Nevertheless, there are a lot of nomads who want to buy this invention. Why is this type of tent used today and how to choose a collapsible yurt?
What is a yurt: description, materials, components
The mobile dwelling of nomadic peoples consists of a light frame and an "awning" - a multi-layer canopy. In this, the design of the yurt is similar to tourist tents, but in some ways the “house of nomads” even surpasses modern “analogues”. Any yurt consists of the following elements:
A “budget” option is possible - awnings made of waterproof “tent” fabric and holofiber, which individual manufacturers can replace the felt canopy at the request of the customer. Such material reduces the cost of the model. However, an artificial awning will not protect against severe frosts, prolonged heavy rains. Poor quality holofiber and similar insulation materials can become tangled and out of shape.
- Cape for the upper window. With this canopy, the roof is covered from above at night or during bad weather. Made from the same material as the main outer cape.
- Modern elements. Usually not included in the main design and are made to order:
- a cover made of waterproof fabric that will protect the felt from rain and snow. 
– Protective dome for opening on the roof. The part is often made of clear acrylic glass and provides maximum weather protection. It makes it possible to quickly close the “window” from the inside without leaving the yurt.
- Entrance door - wooden or felt.
Nomadic "houses" are designed for transportation by any horse-drawn transport or trailer. The total weight of the structure is from 300 to 900 kg. The standard diameter of the structure in the assembled state is from 2.5 to 9 m, the height in the center is 3.5-5 m.
Tip: in the spring, when the snow melts, the bottom of the canopy can be wrapped with a strip of waterproof fabric (30-40 cm). This will protect the wall upholstery from getting wet.
If we compare the yurt with textile tents, then the invention of the nomads has many strengths:
A yurt can become not only a temporary shelter or an original attraction. This is a full-fledged residential building in which you can install textile partitions, heating, a bathroom, and electrical appliances. You can live in yurts all year round, as some families still do in Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Rep. Tuva or in the countries of Central Asia.
You can order a nomadic dwelling / yurt of any size from Central Asian brands: KBK-GROUP LLP (Kazakhstan), Yurta-kg (Kyrgyzstan), MALIK YORTA (Kazakhstan), Oimak (Kazakhstan) or from Russian manufacturers. Buildings of domestic production are in the catalogs of the companies "Yurts of Siberia", "East-West", "BaikalYurt", "YURTA LUX", "House of the Sun", etc. 
There are practically no shortcomings in the "mobile home". Inconveniences that you may have to face when buying a yurt:
Tip: usually the floor is covered with carpets and mats. For comfort, you can take care of the flooring: install the dwelling on a platform made of wood, moisture-resistant plywood or cover it with sheets of polystyrene foam.
Turkic and Mongolian type
With a general similarity, the design of the yurt in each area has its own characteristics. Craftsmen adhere to 2 main types of construction: Mongolian and later Turkic.
Components of a ger:
- wooden frame (Mongolian name - khans)
- a straight cone-shaped roof made of poles (uni), connected by a flat round tunduk;
- internal central supports
- felt canopy with a folding "door" of quilted cloth.
The frame is built from coniferous wood - larch or pine. This fragrant wood is not affected by moisture and is not of interest to insect pests. For the manufacture of lattice walls, a solid wooden beam is split into thin slats. 
With rare exceptions, Mongolian frames are made using modern technologies and tools. This increases the manufacturing speed and also reduces the cost of the "mobile home". In addition to the price, the advantage of the ger is the simple and faster assembly / installation, possible without the help of professionals.
The structure is well suited for areas with strong winds, rainy climate. Ger has only two significant drawbacks:
In the Mongolian tradition, coloring and rich decoration of the surface of wooden elements from the inside of the yurt. It can be painting, carving and even decoration with precious metal patterns.
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| « Traditional", manufacturer: "Yurts of Siberia" (Russia) | « Three-walled”, manufacturer: BaikalYurta (Russia) | |
| The form | straight dome | straight dome |
| frame | Wood | Wood (pine/larch) |
| Diameter | 5 m | 3.7 m |
| Wall height | 1.7 m | 1.7 m |
| Dome height | 2.5 m | 2.1 m |
| Square | 19 sq.m | – |
| The weight | 350 kg | 250 kg |
| Textile | Natural yurt felt GOST 16221-79 (thickness 8-10 mm) | Natural felt (sheep wool) |
| Mongolian yurt with internal wooden supports. Spacious, compact, easy to assemble / operate. Wooden door dimensions: 140*70mm. Outer case with painted patterns (branding).
| Mobile tent of the Mongolian type. Classic model set. Made to order. Included:
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| Price | from 77 000 rub | from 45 000 rub |
2. The Turkic design has become widespread in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan. 
Yurt elements:
What is the difference between the Turkic model and the ger:
Painstaking manual work makes the design beautiful, airy, but expensive. It is the high cost that is considered the main drawback of the Turkic models.
Features of the dwelling of the Turkic type depend on the place of manufacture of the structure.
Kyrgyz housing differs from other Turkic yurts in its elegant appearance and height up to 3 - 3.5 meters.
The "lace" frame of blue willow twigs looks almost weightless. At the same time, the light dome is not afraid of a lot of weight - the frame is balanced so that an adult can stand on the roof. The design is especially appreciated in mountainous snowy areas - with heavy precipitation, the "house" is able to vibrate and quickly shake off.
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« Kyrgyz 4 rope”, manufacturer: “Kyrgyz Yurt” (Kyrgyzstan) | « Bozuy exhibition”, manufacturer: private master in the village of Kara-KooYsyk-Kul region (Kyrgyzstan) |
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| The form | spherical dome | spherical dome |
| frame | Wood (birch, willow, poplar) | Tree (willow) |
| Diameter | 5 m | 6.20 m |
| Dome height | from 3 m | 4 m |
| Square | from 19 sq.m | 35 sq.m |
| The weight | 400 kg | Not specified |
| Textile | Natural felt | Natural felt/mat |
| Souvenir product from Kyrgyzstan. Natural materials, interior and exterior decoration in ethnic style. It is made by Issyk-Kul and Naryn masters according to the sketches of the customer. Convenient, mobile, easy to assemble in 1-2 hours. Size: 65 heads "Walls" and poles made of flexible willow. Carcass details are fastened with rawhide straps Round tyunduk - birch. | The product of a private master. Bilateral facade. Five-rope, size: 85 bash Double wooden door with felt canopy. Installation area: 0.3 ha Made by hand to order. |
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| Price | negotiable | 8 000 $ |
Housing of Kazakh nomads with a hinged wooden door is closer to the Mongolian type in height. This is due to strong steppe winds, which a squat structure can better withstand. At the same time, the frame retains the strength and stability of the Turkic type of buildings.
There are other features:
- The canopy consists of three separate parts: for the walls of the base, for the dome, for the opening of the chimney (shanyrak).
- Additional layer. A patterned mat (shimshi) made of steppe reed and multi-colored woolen yarn is laid between the wooden walls and felt. The mat can be used as a bright decorative detail, an insulating layer or a summer canopy. In the latter case, the shimshi is fastened without outer felt.
- Canopy color scheme. Ordinary Kazakh buildings are covered with a canopy of dark gray felt. Expensive "houses" of wealthy people or yurts for festive events - with a felt awning made of white sheep's wool.
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« Kazakh ten-rope”, manufacturer: KBK-Group LLP (Kazakhstan) | « Six-rope handmade "zhel-goats" dm 4.8m.-5.0m.1", manufacturer: Yurta-Kaz LLP (Kazakhstan) |
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| The form | spherical dome | spherical dome |
| frame | Wood | Wood (willow willow/ oak) |
| Diameter | 7 m | 4.8 - 5 m |
| Dome height | 3.3 m | 3.0 m |
| Square | 40 sq.m | – |
| The weight | Not specified | – |
| Textile | Natural yurt felt (sheep wool) | Natural bleached felt |
| The spacious ten-wall construction is made by hand. Planed, carefully polished frame with a bright ornament:
Included:
Capacity: 40 people | Six-rope handmade willow construction. Connections in lacquered raw camel leather. Shanyrak (circle) covered with patent leather The door is made of wood (pine, willow), varnished. The bleached felt covering is made according to ancient technology, hand-sewn with reinforced cotton thread. Included:
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| Price | from completeness | from 590 000 tenge |
This type of dwelling is practically not used in everyday life. Bashkir nomadic houses are mainly exhibits of exhibitions or objects of national festivals.
What are the distinctive features of the traditional Bashkir dwelling:
- Spherical shape of the dome;
- Double wooden door;
- Interior walls are covered with large patterned fabrics or homespun rugs.
The culture of yurt-building in Bashkiria is actively returning. However, manufacturing companies often do not use national methods of production, but adopt the experience of Mongolian craftsmen.
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| « Felt oak frame»d6, manufacturer: Yurts of Bashkiria (Russia) | Model " Standard", manufacturer: "Bashkir Yurts" (Russia) | |
| The form | spherical dome | spherical dome |
| frame | Wood (oak) | Wood (oak) |
| Diameter | 6 m | 4 m |
| Wall height | 1.8 m | 1.8 m |
| Dome height | 2.5 - 3.2 m | – |
| Square | 28.3 sq.m | 13 sq.m |
| The weight | 330 kg | Not specified |
| Textile | Natural felt (winter) | Natural felt or Oxford cloth |
| The Turkic design is made entirely by hand, according to ancient technologies. Oak wood frame with natural linseed oil finish. The parts are made in a chipped way (not sawn), bent over hot steam. Capacity: 7 – 8 people Included:
| Small standard tents for camping, outdoor activities, street trading. All weather. At each stage they are made by hand, according to ancient technologies. Included:
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| Price | from 175 000 rub | from 84 000 rub |
How to choose the size?
Traditionally, the size (diameter) of a yurt is determined by the number of "ropes" - sliding walls, fastened together during assembly. When choosing, two conditions should be taken into account: how many people will use the dwelling and what it is planned to use the yurt for.
A small three-walled or four-walled yurt is a convenient mobile home for fishermen, tourists, and hunters.
This is a dwelling with a minimum of component parts, so it is easy to transport and assemble with two people. The "nomadic house" will be useful on long expeditions, as well as as a "temporary house" for a builder, forester, beekeeper. Inside, 1-2 people can comfortably live with furniture and necessary equipment. 
The three-rope design does not take up much space in a small house adjoining or summer cottage. There are several unusual options for "home" use:
- A collapsible country house, which after the end of the season can be taken out for storage in the city;
- Additional "beds" for guests. "Trekhstenka" allows you to freely place on folding beds (in sleeping bags) 3-4 people. Four-rope yurt - up to 5-6 people;
- Playroom for children;
- Arbor for a summer residence (the canopy is partially or completely reclined during the day);
- Summer kitchen / dining room.
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| Yurt diameter 5.55 m, manufacturer: "Yurts of Altai" (Russia) | « Gift children's", manufacturer: GoldYurt (Mongolia) | |
| The form | straight dome | straight dome |
| frame | Wood (pine/larch) | Wood |
| Diameter | 5.5 m | 3 - 4m. |
| Wall height | 1.7 m | 1m |
| Dome height | 3.1 m | 1.5 m |
| Square | 24.18 sq.m | Volume: 1.5 cubic meters |
| The weight | Not specified | 60kg |
| Textile | Natural felt / linen | |
| Four-wall construction in a complete set. Compact, lightweight, suitable for transportation on pack animals or a car. Capacity: 5-6 people Assembly / installation: 2 hours. Included:
Additional decor and equipment:
| Reduced model to create an unusual play area. Absolutely safe for the child: natural materials, no sharp surfaces and corners. Included:
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| Price | from 99100 rub | from 85 000 rub |
There is enough space in such a yurt to accommodate a large family or a company of 8-9 people with household items. The "six-rope" design can be adapted to any situation involving long installation and use:
- Under a temporary residential or country house during the construction of a stationary building;
- House for receiving guests at the recreation center or for camping;
- To organize an operational camp in emergency situations;
- Residential and amenity premises for shift workers;
- Under the guest house in the country or on the home plot;
- For cultural and entertainment events: a thematic exhibition, a folk craft fair, participation in ethnic festivals, etc.
The cost of "typical" yurts is quite affordable - about 60-80 thousand rubles. This allows, if necessary, to establish a small "town" for tourism or events.
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| « Kazakh six-rope”, manufacturer: KBK-Group LLP (Kazakhstan) | « Five-walled", manufacturer: "Yurts of Altai" (Russia) | |
| The form | spherical dome | straight dome |
| frame | Wood | Tree (pine) |
| Diameter | 6 m | 6.83 m |
| Wall height | 1.8 m | 1.7 m |
| Dome height | 3.1 m | 3.5 m |
| Square | 20 sq.m | 36.73 sq.m |
| The weight | Not specified | Not specified |
| Textile | Natural felt / sintepon | Holofiber / waterproof fabric |
| Turkic handmade design for overnight stay / stay in any camping conditions. Easy assembly in 1-2 hours. Capacity: 20 people Included:
| All-weather five-wall model. Capacity: 8-9 people Assembly / installation: 2 hours. Included:
Additional decor and equipment:
Canopy made of fabric / holofiber can be replaced with natural felt made of dark gray or white sheep's wool. |
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| Price | from configuration | from 80 000 rub |
Seven-walled, eight-walled and even spacious nine-walled yurt
Once they were a sign of prosperity and the high position of the owners. 10-12 people can live in the all-kanat "house" - freely and without embarrassing each other. 
It will be possible to divide a space of this size with partitions into cozy “rooms”, install furniture for a bedroom, dining room, kitchen. A spacious “nomad’s house” is suitable not only for living, but also for business:
- A small summer cafe with an ethnic interior and national cuisine;
- Souvenir shop;
- Entertainment pavilion, tent for trade or exhibition at public events;
- Unusual hostel (hotel room).
An important role is played by the stability of the structure, which is not easy to overturn accidentally with a large crowd of visitors.
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« Eight-rope”, manufacturer: LLP “Erkin A.S.” (Kazakhstan) | « Seven-wall, 9.37 m", manufacturer: "Yurts of Altai" (Russia) |
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| The form | spherical dome | straight dome |
| frame | Wood | Tree (pine) |
| Diameter | 7 m | 9.37 m |
| Wall height | 1.7 m | 1.7 m |
| Dome height | 4.2 m | 4 m |
| Square | 38.46 sq.m | 68.9 sq.m |
| The weight | 520 kg | Not specified |
| Textile | Thermal felt (technical felt) | Holofiber / waterproof fabric |
A modern interpretation of a nomadic eight-wall dwelling. Collapsible metal alloy frame:
Four-layer coating
Included:
Assembly time: 50-60 minutes | All-weather seven-wall construction with internal supports. Capacity: 15-20 people Assembly / installation: 2 hours. Included:
Additional decor and equipment:
The canopy and fabric / holofiber can be replaced with natural felt from dark gray or white sheep's wool. |
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| Price | from 650 000 tenge | from 158 000 rub |
Ten-walled yurt and larger structures
Usually made to order. Ten or more "ropes" were once the privilege of rulers and generals, today the rent and purchase of such "palaces" is quite affordable for organizations, entrepreneurs and just private connoisseurs of oriental culture. 
In a ten-walled building, you can arrange:
- Temporary housing with all amenities and separate rooms;
- Sleeping places (hostel, guest house, camping) for 40-50 guests;
- Hotel rooms for 15-20 people;
- Small room for cafe and restaurant
"Maxi" designs can be used for events with an East Asian style:
- romantic weddings in the "Khan's tent";
- sports and entertainment competitions;
- thematic corporate parties;
- family outings.
Advice: A wedding ceremony in a large yurt is a fashionable European trend of recent years. It is possible to rent an entire “nomad town” for the duration of the celebration, which will house a banquet hall, a mobile kitchen and “rooms” for the newlyweds and their guests.
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| « Ten-walled / D10m”, manufacturer: Baikal Yurta (Russia) | « Baimakskaya» d10, manufacturer: Yurts of Bashkiria (Russia) | |
| The form | straight dome | spherical dome |
| frame | Tree (pine) | wood/steel |
| Diameter | 10 m | 10 m |
| Wall height | 1.7 m | 1.8 m |
| Dome height | 3.8 m | 4 m |
| Square | 78 sq.m | 78.5 sq.m |
| The weight | 1400 kg | 830 kg |
| Textile | Natural felt | Natural felt / polyester |
| The mobile home includes a collapsible pine timber frame and a traditional lambswool canopy Included:
Capacity: 9-15 people | The modern summer model is suitable for holidays and mass events: Included:
Capacity: from 15 people. |
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| Price | from 300 000 rub | from 280 000 rub |
The yurt is the main dwelling of the nomads of Central and Central Asia, as well as the southern regions of Siberia. The frame of the yurt consists of wooden lattices and poles, which are covered with felt. Felt is a dense material made from the wool of sheep or camels (the material from which the well-known felt boots are made). To get felt from wool, wool must be kneaded and rubbed for a long time and with effort so that it becomes completely tangled. 
According to archaeologists, the first prototype of the yurt existed three thousand years ago. On the territory of present-day Kazakhstan, scientists have discovered buildings identical to those used by the nomadic tribes of Asia for thousands of years. These were round or multifaceted buildings with frame walls made of vertical poles, with wattle grating, with a conical or pyramidal ceiling resting on a frame through which smoke or simply a chimney came out. In the center of the yurt is a cauldron for cooking - a cauldron. The hole for light and smoke is located at the very top of the dome.
Naturally, on cold or rainy days, the top opening of the yurt should be tightly closed. And it was closed with felt (felt is the best kind of felt that prevents wind and moisture from entering). It was the folding lattice walls, moving apart like accordion furs, found on the territory of Kazakhstan that became the fundamental difference between the yurt and its predecessors, reminiscent of an ordinary hut.
The round shape and mobility of the yurt reflected both protection from the weather and the economic way of life of a nomad. A nomadic yurt is sensitive to temperature fluctuations, responds to weather changes, perfectly protects against a few atmospheric precipitations, saves from heat in summer, and cold in winter. This unique ability is very significant. Indeed, in some parts of Asia, the air temperature in summer is +40 C, and in winter -30 C. Nomads are a steppe people, strong winds and real hurricanes are frequent in the steppes.
The construction of the yurt, consisting of a wooden lattice and porous woolen felt, plays the role of a temperature regulator, maintaining a constant thermal regime inside the dwelling. In a yurt, it is possible to organize circular ventilation, for which you need to slightly raise the felt mat at the base, as a result of which the air will circulate perfectly. The yurt is not afraid of almost any natural disasters - its structure withstands the strongest hurricanes and earthquakes without any problems.
As confirmation of the versatility and comfort of the yurt, it is appropriate to quote the lines of the Great Chinese poet Bo Ju-yi, who saw the times when almost all of Central and Central Asia lived in the yurt. Here is how he describes the dwelling of the nomads:
Wool was collected from a thousand sheep, Hundreds of two rings were forged, A round frame from coastal willows Strong, fresh, comfortable and beautiful. In the transparent blue of the north, the Warrior set up his yurt on the grass, And now, like a blue mist, She came south with him. A whirlwind cannot shake a yurt, From the rain its chest hardens, There are no dungeons or corners in it, But inside it is cozy and warm. Moving away from the steppes and mountains, Yurta came to my yard. Her shadow is beautiful under the moon, And in winter she is always with me. Felt against hoarfrost - a wall, The veil of snow is not terrible ... 
The dimensions of the yurt optimally correspond to the scale of a person, the internal layout takes into account the interests and tastes of its inhabitants, provides the most comfortable household activities in the steppe conditions.
Lightweight collapsible building is adapted for transportation on pack animals. The total weight of the yurt with furniture is about 300-400 kg, this is the carrying capacity of just one camel. The diameter of an ordinary residential yurt is 4.5-8 m, the height in the center is 3.5-5 m. Mounting or dismantling takes no more than one hour. The design of the yurt consists of nine main parts.
The skeleton of the walls is made up of interconnected folding wooden lattices, which determine the size and capacity of the dwelling. Each lattice consists of flat slats superimposed on one another with an oblique cage and fastened with rawhide straps.
Yurt for a summer residence: a modern alternative to a traditional house
Due to the fact that these slats are compressed or stretched by an accordion, it is possible to vary the size of the yurt. The skeleton of the roof, which forms the vault, consists of planed poles, which are stuck at the top into a special circle - the center of the roof, and in the lower part they rest on the lattice of the walls.
In the steppe there were yurts from small residential to huge nomadic temples and yurts-palaces. Depending on the geographical conditions, mainly on the amount of precipitation, the appearance of the yurt also changed. The dwelling could have a spherical (Mongolian type) or conical shape (Turkic type), the first has a low cone-shaped roof, the second has a dome. The Kazakhs, Kirghiz, Karakalpaks, Uzbeks and Bashkirs had both types, the Turkmens had the Turkic type. The inner side of the walls is decorated with a straw mat. In winter, Kazakhs hang 2-3 rows of straw mats on the walls, and the space between them is filled with straw. The floor is covered with carpets and sheepskin.
The size of the yurt was formed from its functional purpose. So, if an ordinary residential yurt of a nomad, consisting of 3-4 composite lattice-walls, had a capacity of 8-10 people, then large collapsible yurts-palaces of the leaders already consisted of 10-25 lattice-walls and accommodated 50-100 people. The large portable yurt of the last Khan of Mongolia could accommodate 500 people. 
There were special ritual yurts - wedding and mourning. Wedding yurts were especially beautiful, with an abundance of ornaments and bright colors. But in mourning yurts, the color symbol of death was not necessarily black, as among Europeans, and not only white, as among the Far Eastern peoples. A red flag was raised above the mourning yurt if a young person was dying, black if it was a middle-aged person, white if an elderly one.
You will need:
- Cardboard
- Flannel or flannelette fabric
- colorful yarn
- Draped fabric
There are several options for making a cardboard yurt. You will need template markup. Bend the cardboard (preferably thin for ease of use) in half, and circle half of the structure. You will be provided with symmetry, since the cardboard is folded evenly, which means that the parts are located at an equal distance from the middle of the center.
Now cut the template, start at the bottom edge of the cardboard, round as you cut. And in the middle, cut out the inlet to our building, which at the same time wrap the tube up, above the entrance, and then unfold the cardboard, following the contours of the fold. Now, to complete the solution, the question of how to make a yurt, it remains to decorate the finished product with a national ornament.
It can be a traditional geometric ornament, or you can come up with something of your own, as your fantasy tells you. The ornament is cut out separately and painted in a variety of colors, and now you need to glue the resulting yurt onto another sheet of thin cardboard or a simple landscape sheet. There is another version of the cardboard yurt.
First of all, you will need to create a bottom for the yurt using cardboard. Also using cardboard, build the ceiling of the yurt. Naturally, the walls located inside the structure should also be made of cardboard, like the ceiling and bottom. Now you need to trim the cardboard with other materials, since it is the basis.
You can use, as mentioned above, both flannelette and flannel, if suddenly you do not have one of them. After you cover the bottom inside our yurt with a baize or flannel, go to the outer layer of cardboard, it is the basis of the product here, since we have a question about how to make a yurt out of cardboard. You will need to sheathe the outer layer of cardboard with a drape.
How to build a yurt. Yurt with your own hands.
Do the same with the wall of the yurt.
And finally, just sew the walls and the bottom part of the yurt. From the inside, sheathe the ceiling with flannelette or flannel, but on the outside, already use cotton wool to create volume. It should turn out to be about two centimeters. And also sew it to the walls. It remains to create pigtails using yarn. Tie them up and decorate the side of the yurt with them both below and above. Can be in multiple rows. Outside of the yurt, also braid with patterns of yarn.
All folk crafts
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First of all, we built a round podium 9 meters in diameter with an adjacent part for a veranda (4x5 meters). The podium rests on a columnar foundation. All the details of the yurt came wrapped in cardboard boxes and tape, and the first thing we did was unpack them. Children actively helped, all three. Then for a long time she and her grandmother tore off the tape from the cardboard.
The circle in the center of the ceiling of the yurt is called the "Sun" or toono. We have a Buryat yurt, came from Ulan-Ude, manufacturer: Baikal Yurt. Nobody wanted to take this circle in the center with a diameter of 2.5 meters from Ulan-Ude to Krasnodar. Transport companies refused, and passing trucks were carrying some heavy large equipment that could damage the details of the yurt. As a result, we were looking for a delivery option for several weeks. That is, not us, but the manufacturer. Together with a delay of about a month in the production itself, the wait turned out to be more than two months ...
During this time, the dried larch floorboard got wet, and the fact that we covered it with a film only worsened the situation. The board went in waves, and in some places it completely bulged so that later it was necessary to make longitudinal cuts-slits in it in order to press down and screw it to the lags. Wet and insulation under the floor. Now we have removed the draft floor below so that the insulation dries out, we will close it in the fall. In general, work with the floor cost decent money, which only confirms the need to lay at least 15-20% for unforeseen expenses. We just did not know that, in addition to money, we also need to multiply the time required for construction and improvement by several times. 🙂
So, toono is tied to the central supports. In ordinary small yurts (3-6 meters in diameter) there are two supports, and ours, 9 meters in diameter, has three. The yurt is a technology of several millennia, so there are no self-tapping screws - only ropes. The height of the supports was 378 centimeters. And the weight of toono is under 40 kg. After tying, the five of us turned this design over. Everyone participated: my mother, children, several neighbor friends who dropped by by chance, and two of our professional builders, also neighbor friends, who dropped in specially by invitation. 🙂
The next step is the placement of the walls, or rather, the "kerege" gratings. First we put the door, we attach two walls to it, and then the rest. As it turned out, we made an extra overlap when attaching the kerege, but it was possible to get the diameter of the yurt a little larger or higher than the wall. But we found out about it only now, when everything has already been covered, furnished and we are living, and therefore we will not redo it for now.
When all the grilles are installed, they are covered with a belt.
First every fifth, then the rest. And there are 88 of them in total. It all looks breathtakingly beautiful. On one of the unions, while they lay and waited for assembly for several days (because of the rains), someone arranged earthenware jugs. They found small black spiders. What is it, huh? House or trap? The mood of those gathering was excellent, everyone worked on the rise, they joked and laughed a lot.)
Only now it turned out that our yurt is much smaller than we expected. That is, we have already stretched the kerege lattices to the utmost, if, in theory, they should be 1.8 meters high, then we are already 6-7 centimeters lower. And the diameter is much less than 9. This is important, because we have an exact circle of the podium, and we wanted to lower the covers around the edges. It turned out that it was possible to shorten the central supports holding the toono, and then the union would “spread”, and it would be possible to stretch the kerege even more. And these supports from the manufacturer are so high - this is with a margin! (With a margin?!?!? Without warning?!) So, 88 unions are driven in and lowered, and the task is to saw off 30 centimeters from the supports. In general, my husband and I calculated that they are 50 cm longer than necessary. Kumekali-kumekali, came up with. Sawed off, lifting, then - put a stack of planks. And when all three supports were sawn off, they lowered them a little bit, knocking out one plank from under each support. So the whole structure smoothly lowered and stretched.
From below, the calico was attached with a stapler so that it would not swell with the wind, later these brackets were removed.
The second layer is insulation, felt. Natural sheep felt 0.8-0.9 cm thick. Terribly heavy (approximately 2.5-3 kg per square meter). And terribly smelly. Oh, I beg your pardon. It smelled strongly of sheep. Well, very strongly. And terribly heavy.
First, three rectangular fragments of felt were hung along the walls with an overlap, then specially sewn fragments were hung on the roof.
The yurt was placed directly on the ground, and often compacted manure served as its base, which served as a natural insulation in the conditions of Central Asia, where the permafrost does not lie so deep. In the cold season, so that the yurt is not blown through, it is sprinkled with earth and snow from the outside at its base.
For ease of assembly, the details of the yurt are numbered and signed.
The edges usually protrude beyond the circumference of the yurt itself by 20-30 centimeters. In summer, the floor is laid in such a way that only the bars on which the floor boards are nailed come into contact with the ground, leaving a slight gap, which provides additional ventilation. For humid climates and snowy winters, it is recommended to raise the floor by 30-50cm if you are installing the yurt in a permanent place.
Light-smoke hoop (toono) and props (bagans)
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Before you connect the walls and the door into a vicious circle, you need to bring the light-smoke hoop and supports inside. Racks are attached to the light-smoke hoop with ropes on both sides.
Installation of walls (khans)
First, the walls of the "khana" are directly connected to each other, and then with the door, thereby forming a vicious circle.
Joining walls with a door
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The side edges of the walls are joined and tied up in a special way. Having connected all the walls together, it is necessary to adjust the structure so that its height is equal to the height of the door.
Belts are being pulled
In the center of the yurt, a light-smoke hoop (toono) is installed on props (bagans)
If we imagine the circumference of the yurt as a clock face, the door will be at 6 o'clock. From the beginning, you need to insert the pole from the side of the door and fasten it with a rope extending from the light-smoke hoop, then thread the poles for 12.3.9 hours and tie the ropes to the walls from the light-smoke hoop. And then thread the poles, dividing the sections into equal parts.
At the beginning of the assembly, the poles may fall out (be patient), but as the number of poles installed increases, the circle will tighten. Check the main belt again, and the ropes, if they are loose, tighten them. Please note that the walls should have a slight slope towards the center of the yurt, if not, move the lower part of the walls away from the center, increasing the diameter of the yurt.
White canopy, felt, tarpaulin, cape with ornament
- Throw a tarpaulin with a roll over the dome and unwind it, pull it to the center through the “toono”.
- We put on a cape with an ornament and align it to the size of the yurt.
- The “toono” light-smoke hoop is covered with a cape on top, ropes go out in the corners, they are fixed from below to the yurt.
- Tie the belts and pull them up, but don't overdo it.
- In order not to blow out from the side of the door, insert “uni” poles into the belts, they will press the canopy (see photo).
Curtains, interior decoration
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On the inside, the yurt is decorated with decorative curtains, which are attached to the edges of the roof (to the poles). Usually blue curtains come with a yurt.
We offer you to watch a video of how the yurt is assembled
