The “Princess of Ukok”
Screex The “Princess of Ukok” is a well-preserved female mummy discovered in 1993 on the Ukok Plateau in Altai, inside a burial mound dating to the Pazyryk period (approximately 5th–3rd centuries…
THE NOMADS’ FIELD PROVISIONS
The Diet of a Kazakh Warrior in the 17th–19th Centuries The Kazakhs did not have a standing army. Instead, a popular militia was assembled as needed under the leadership of…
The Origin of the Kyrgyz people
The opinion still prevails in the historiography of Kyrgyzstan that the overwhelming majority of the Kyrgyz population did not have a religious commitment to Islam and it was imposed solely…
Why the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire Eliminated Their Own Brothers
Imagine this: you arrive in the palace gardens in the morning, pick some roses, and trim the hedges. Then, in the evening, you’re handed a silk cord and told a…
The Crimean Tatar and Nogai tactics of fighting in the mounted formation in the XVI − mid-XVII centuries. «Tulgama»
The Crimean Tatar and Nogai tactics of fighting in the mounted formation in the XVI − mid-XVII centuries. "Tulgama"A tulgama is a tactical device that involves covering the enemy's flank(s)…
The Altai and Tianshan Homelands of the Turkic-Tugus Peoples in the Translations and Interpretations of Sinologists
A large number of publications are devoted to the topic of the ancestral homeland and early history of the Turkic-Tugus, as well as interpretations of their genealogical legends. Furthermore, the…