Power, Politics, and the Myth of Exceptionalism
The History of One of the Most Brutal Deportations in the USSR
From the Xiongnu Empire to the Turkish Republic
From Medieval Folk Hero to Soviet Screen Icon
Politics, Ethnography, and a Kazakh Scholar’s Uneasy Legacy
How the Nomadic Way of Life Gave Rise to an Ancient Science
Qalam’s Curated History Reading List
How the Kazakh Khanate’s Economy Worked—and Why It Was Far More Complex Than It Seems
The Actor Who Became the Face of an Era
Guess what this thing was used for.
A Chronicle of the Second All-Kazakh Congress
What Is Qyz Jibek Really About?
How the Copper Mines of Central Asia Shaped Humanity