Publications

30 November 2018

Happy First President's Day, Kazakhstan!

With the collapse of the USSR and the emergence of new independent states, profound changes have occurred in the global system of international relations.

26 November 2018

Reflecting on Advanced Turkic Civilization

The Turkic world throughout its long history was a unique place where powerful cultures and civilizations originated and developed.

25 November 2018

On How Kazakhstan Ended up as part of Tsarist Russia

The Russian colonization of Kazakhstan began long before the official adoption of the citizenship of Russia by the Kazakhs in the seventeenth century.

29 October 2018

The Turkic Bravery

Assessing the place and role of a people in history, indicate its military successes, that is, which states were conquered and conquered by them, which territories they owned, and for how long they

28 October 2018

Religion and State During Soviet Times

The periods of the relations between the state and religion in the Soviet Union as a whole and, in particular, in Kazakhstan was significantly different and worth an academic attention.

26 October 2018

On the Emergence of Kazakh Ethnonym

There has been an endless debate over the origins of the Kazakh ethnonym. The significance of our country is that on its territory there were tribes that were spread out all across the vast country.

24 October 2018

On Kazakh Traditional Hats

Kazakh national clothing reflects many historical nuances - from climate to social class. Let us consider the details of the traditional hats and how each of them is called.

19 October 2018

REMEMBERING ABYLKHAN KASTEEV

Abylkhan Kasteev was a prominent Kazakh artist and a regular participant in art exhibitions in Almaty and once a constant exhibitor at Union exhibitions in Moscow, whose art organically linked

18 October 2018

Balbal: stones imbued with meaning

An important attribute of graves in the past were balbal - voluminous sculptural tombstones, set up at the burial sites in honor of the deceased. Kazakhs call them a stone with an image that

13 October 2018

On the Foundation of the Kazakh Khanate

Kazakh khanate has a deep history. It is the heir of at least twenty states and two empires and for two thousand years, beginning from the Sak era ending with the Altyn Orda, the peoples of these

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