Are the Kyrgyz Turks or Turkicized Mongols?
The history of the Kyrgyz is more confusing than that of any Turkic people. Primarily because we do not know whether or not they are related to the ancient bearers…
The history of the Kyrgyz is more confusing than that of any Turkic people. Primarily because we do not know whether or not they are related to the ancient bearers…
This story began with the fact that in 439 the Ashin Turks moved with five hundred families to the Jujans. Further for some time Turkuts and Zhuzhans peacefully coexisted. However,…
The Kipchaks first appeared in the North Caucasus in the pre-Christian period. These people were called "Ilk-kypchaklar" in this region, which means the first Kipchaks. In the 11th century, other…
The president is right. And a victory over Khazar Khaganate is a very important achievement of ancient Slavs on a way to the power. But Khazar Khaganate is only one…
The Oirats are considered the heirs of Genghis Khan. They lived in a vast country stretching from the Kazakh steppes to Tibet. The first mention of the Dzungars (or as…
"Everything has an end and everything has a beginning" - not without reason so says a very famous saying. And the Mongol Empire - a powerful steppe power, the greatest…
The Kalmyk Khanate, which existed from 1633 to 1771, was the successor of such irreconcilable opponents of Russia as the Nogai Horde and the Oirat Khanate. But history has arranged…
Not much information has been preserved about this people. The history of this branch of the Huns is very complicated, and it began at the spurs of the Altai Mountains.…
We know very little about the Khanate of Khiva. However, it is one of the "robber" states, which raided each of its neighbors for slaves. The reason for its conquest…
The Bukhara Khanate is one of the three Uzbek states in Central Asia that existed from the 1500s to the 1920s, but for the last half century under Russian protectorate.…