Turkic influence in Russian/Slavic

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> Hello. I was just wondering if anyone out there knew if any
recent/ongoing
> research on the subject of Turkic influence, particularly loan-words in
> Russian. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well I was told that karandash came from Turkish [I having long believed
that it came from the French!] but I expect you know this anyway.
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