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West

The world of the West through the prism of history and culture, intellectual and artistic breakthroughs, political ideologies and the transformation of society.

Kazakhstan

BUTTER, COPPER, AND A CRUMBLING EMPIRE

British Encounters with Early Industrialization in the Kazakh Steppe

~ 15 min read
Kazakhstan

A MISSION TO THE STEPPE

John Castle’s Ride to Abulkhayir Khan

~ 16 min read
West

Changing the Game

From the West to the Rest: A Professor from the London School of Economics on the New Global Order

~ 13 min read
Central Asia

SLAVE OR ROYAL AMBASSADOR?

The Story of Aru Sultan, Who Revolutionized Fashion in London

~ 17 min read
People

HOW THE GENES OF EXTINCT PEOPLE AFFECT US

Lecture 4.

~ 13 min read
People

THE EARLIEST HOMO SAPIENS

Lecture 3.

~ 18 min read
People

THE NEW PEOPLE – DENISOVANS

Lecture 2.

~ 19 min read
West

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TEMPLARS

Monks, Knights, Sorcerers, Bankers, and Sodomites

~ 24 min read
West

THE ROOTS OF EUROPEAN INTOLERANCE

Lecture 5.

~ 8 min read
Hieronymus Bosch. The Temptation of St. Anthony. 1500-1510 / Wikimedia Commons

What is this?

Guess what this thing was used for.

West

INFIDEL LOVE: BROTHELS, TORTURES, AND ROMANTIC AFFAIRS

Lecture 4.

~ 26 min read
West

THE GHETTO: PRISON OR SHELTER

Lecture 3.

~ 18 min read
West

PAYOTS, BEARDS, TURBANS, AND OTHER WAYS TO DISTINGUISH INFIDELS

Lecture 2.

~ 20 min read
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Certificate of Registration of a Periodical Print and Online Publication No. KZ04VPY00140219. Issued on January 26, 2026, by the Information Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan.