Kazakhstan’s past — from forgotten pages of history to a renewed understanding of traditions and culture.
Lecture 5. Kazakhs Between Two Empires
How a Camel-Herding, ‘Shaggy-Haired’ Youth Rose to Become a Great Khan
Historian Konuralp Ercilasun on the Turkish War of Independence and the influence of Turkic intellectuals
The Long Journey from Myth to Reality
Akhmet Jubanov and the Rise of Kazakh Professional Music
The Turbulent Story of the National-Territorial Delimitation of 1924
Historian Richard Foltz on the alliance that built the Silk Road — and was somehow forgotten
A Love Story Spanning Fifteen Centuries
How the Syr Darya Corridor Once Connected China to the Golden Horde
Guess what this thing was used for.
Everything We’ve Forgotten About One of Humanity’s Oldest Holidays
Power, Politics, and the Myth of Exceptionalism
How the World Denied Women Their Rights — and What Came of It
