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James L. Clark. Kazakh yurts in the Tekes Valley. China, 1926 / American Museum of Natural History

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Monument to Vladimir Lenin. Kyzylorda, 1927. Still from the Soviet newsreel Soviet Kazakhstan / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Monument to Vladimir Lenin. Kyzylorda, 1927. Still from the Soviet newsreel Soviet Kazakhstan / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Staged scene depicting the arrest of a bai. Kazakhstan, 1930. Still from the Soviet propaganda film From Nomadism to Sedentary Life / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Staged scene depicting the arrest of a bai. Kazakhstan, 1930. Still from the Soviet propaganda film From Nomadism to Sedentary Life / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Delegates to the Fifth All-Kazakh Congress of Soviets. 15–19 April 1925 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Delegates to the Fifth All-Kazakh Congress of Soviets. 15–19 April 1925 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Camel caravan. Kyzylorda, 1927. Still from the Soviet newsreel Soviet Kazakhstan / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Camel caravan. Kyzylorda, 1927. Still from the Soviet newsreel Soviet Kazakhstan / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Women attending a literacy class. Kyzylorda, 1927. Still from the Soviet newsreel Soviet Kazakhstan / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Women attending a literacy class. Kyzylorda, 1927. Still from the Soviet newsreel Soviet Kazakhstan / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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THE MAKING OF CENTRAL ASIA’S MODERN BORDERS

The Turbulent Story of the National-Territorial Delimitation of 1924

Tashkent. Outskirts of the old city. Early 20th century / Nizami Ibraimov Archive, CA Photo Archives

Tashkent. Outskirts of the old city. Early 20th century / Nizami Ibraimov Archive, CA Photo Archives

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The Dominance of the Bais in Party Cells

The Struggle Against the Class Enemy in Soviet Propaganda

The Red Yurt. Kazakhstan, early 1930s / Mikhail Pogrebetsky. Khan-Tengri. Kharkiv–Odesa: Dytvydav, 1934

The Red Yurt. Kazakhstan, early 1930s / Mikhail Pogrebetsky. Khan-Tengri. Kharkiv–Odesa: Dytvydav, 1934

Map of the republics and regions of Central Asia before and after the national-territorial delimitation. 1928 / K. Ramzin. Revolution in Central Asia. Moscow: SAKU Publishing House, 1928

Map of the republics and regions of Central Asia before and after the national-territorial delimitation. 1928 / K. Ramzin. Revolution in Central Asia. Moscow: SAKU Publishing House, 1928

Harvesting crops in a field. Kazakhstan, 1927. Still from the Soviet newsreel Soviet Kazakhstan / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Harvesting crops in a field. Kazakhstan, 1927. Still from the Soviet newsreel Soviet Kazakhstan / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Filipp Goloshchyokin speaking at the Sixth All-Kazakh Congress of Soviets. 28 March–3 April 1927 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Filipp Goloshchyokin speaking at the Sixth All-Kazakh Congress of Soviets. 28 March–3 April 1927 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan