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Kazakhstan

THE KAZAKH FAMINE:

Wilful intent or deadly mistake?

~ 9 min read
Kazakhstan

WHEN THE EMPIRE MISREAD THE STEPPE

How Imperial Russia’s failure to understand the ways of Kazakh life exposed the cracks in its own power

~ 13 min read
Kazakhstan

WHY THE SHEJIRE IS MORE THAN JUST GENEALOGY FOR KAZAKHS

Historian Maksat Alpysbes on the centuries-old tradition of the genealogical tree

~ 9 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 1. Byzantium and the Turks: An Introduction

~ 19 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 2: First Encounters

~ 27 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 3: Pechenegs

~ 22 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 4: Polovtsians

~ 13 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 5. Тhe Seljuk Invasion of Anatolia

~ 22 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 6: The Seljuk Breakthrough

~ 22 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 7: The Decline of the Byzantine Empire

~ 25 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 8. The Fall of the Empire

~ 22 min read

ABYLKHAN KASTEEV’S NAÏVE SOCIAL REALISM

Between the beauty of life and the power of ideology

~ 11 min read

FROM SAUKELE TO VEILS AND BACK

What Kazakh Brides Traditionally Wore on Their Wedding Day

~ 13 min read
Central Asia

CENTRAL ASIA: FROM EMPIRE TO SOVIET RULE

Historian Adeeb Khalid on Colonialism, Nation-Building, and the Enduring Myths That Shape Our Understanding of the Region

~ 11 min read
Repressions in the USSR

ALZHIR

The Horrors of Stalin’s Women’s Camps

~ 12 min read
Central Asia

THE HORDE RECONSIDERED

An Interview with Historian Marie Favereau

~ 11 min read
Central Asia

The Great Turan and Islam

How the Turkic Peoples Embraced Islam

~ 4 min read
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