The descendants of the Turks in the Caucasus mountains are the Taulula peop
Screex The Caucasus with its mild climate, fertile soils and high mountains, which allowed the population...
Crimean Khanate — historical background
In the Middle Ages on the territory of the Crimean peninsula and the adjacent steppe...
The State of Khorezm Shah: an empire of ups and downs
Central Asia, with its warm climate, abundance of steppe pastures and fertile lands in the...
The Oghuz Türks, who gave the East a language
In the second half of the VI century in the vast steppes of Central Asia...
The Golden Ulus — the power of t
When Genghis Khan’s grandsons Ordu and Batu (Batu), fulfilling the will of the founder of...
How the Mongols conquered the Caucasus
The Mongol Empire (Khamag Mongol ulus), having arisen in the XIII century as a result...
PERSIAN-LANGUAGE SOURCES ON THE KIPCHAKS AND OTHER TURKIC-SPEAKING ETHNIC GROUPS (XIV-XV CC.)
As is known, the geographical name «Dasht-i Kypchak» is understood in Old Russian chronicles as...
On the destruction of the population of Central Asia by Genghis Khan’s Mongols
Today in a number of countries of Central Asia there is a boom on Genghis...
Chagatai ulus (Mogolistan) and the process of its Islamization
The history of the Central Asian region in the XIII-XVIII centuries is directly connected with...
Who are nomads? How did they come to be? Why did they attack settled peoples?
In many people’s understanding, a nomad is a herdsman who roams freely on the steppe,...