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Repressions in the USSR

WHY THE USSR COLLAPSED

And How It Happened So Rapidly

~ 7 min read
Central Asia

A TALE OF TWO AUTONOMIES

Central Asia During the Russian Revolution (1917–18)

~ 16 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
Occupations

LORDS OF THE WATER

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

~ 14 min read
Repressions in the USSR

THE NATIONAL QUESTION AND THE ‘FRIENDSHIP OF THE PEOPLES’

Why Ethnicity Mattered So Greatly in the USSR

~ 6 min read
Central Asia

JOURNEYS FROM THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

How Central Asia Became the Crossroads of the World

~ 7 min read
Kazakhstan

THE SECRETS OF CHILD-REARING AMONG THE KAZAKHS

Ethnographer Lepuda Mukataeva on the philosophy of childhood in the steppe

~ 1 min read
Central Asia

THE ULUS OF JOCHI: THE LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE FIRST STEPPE EMPIRE

The Golden Horde: The Ulus of Jochi and Its Significance for Kazakhstan

~ 10 min read
Art

TAILOR-MADE

How the Soviet Union Invented the Kazakh National Costume

~ 19 min read
Hieronymus Bosch. The Temptation of St. Anthony. 1500-1510 / Wikimedia Commons

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A flavour of history

AN ANCIENT TEA ROUTE

The History of Central Asia’s Most Popular Beverage

~ 3 min read
Kazakhstan

THE STORY OF A FORGOTTEN DEPORTATION

Forced relocation of Kazakhs in 1952

~ 14 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
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