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SHOQAN WALIKHANOV: QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS

Did the Kazakh khanzada serve as an instrument of the empire?

~ 16 min read
Art

'THE SUN OF KAZAKH POP MUSIC'

Why Shamshi Kaldayakov was criticized—and why it never stopped him from becoming a national favorite

~ 14 min read
Kazakhstan

ALASH ORDA AND THE DIPLOMACY OF INDEPENDENCE

Forgotten missions and lost sovereignty

~ 19 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

PASSPORTS, INNS, AND EXPRESS DELIVERY IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY

What Travel Was Really Like on the Silk Road—and Why It Was Far More than a Caravan Highway

~ 16 min read
Partnership

THE MAGIC OF METAL

From Ancient Rituals to Modern Technology: How Copper Became an Essential Part of Nomadic Culture

~ 12 min read
People

KHALEL DOSMUKHAMEDOV: DOCTOR, EDUCATOR, AND PRISONER

How One Man Preserved His Humanity in the Darkest of Times

~ 16 min read
Kazakhstan

BUTTER, COPPER, AND A CRUMBLING EMPIRE

British Encounters with Early Industrialization in the Kazakh Steppe

~ 15 min read
Central Asia

A TALE OF TWO AUTONOMIES

Central Asia During the Russian Revolution (1917–18)

~ 16 min read
Central Asia

THE YENISEI KYRGYZ KHAGANATE

Tracing Its Rise and Legacy in Modern Kyrgyz Identity

~ 13 min read
Occupations

LORDS OF THE WATER

The story of one of the most vital professions of the past

~ 14 min read
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Partnership

JOURNEYS FROM THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

How Central Asia Became the Crossroads of the World

~ 7 min read
Central Asia

PASSPORTS, INNS, AND EXPRESS DELIVERY IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY

What Travel Was Really Like on the Silk Road—and Why It Was Far More than a Caravan Highway

~ 16 min read
Art

TAILOR-MADE

How the Soviet Union Invented the Kazakh National Costume

~ 19 min read
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