A tulip is more expensive than a throne or the Ottomans strike back
Screex At the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries, the Ottoman Empire, formerly an inviolable stronghold, whose...
«The Dzungarian Khanate was a state that occupied part of modern Russia»: opponents of Russian expansion into Siberia
By the 17th century, the sprawling Russian kingdom had already dealt with all the khanates...
Who were the medieval Uzbeks and why is it not the same as the modern ones?
Before the Russian conquest, there were three states in the settled part of Central Asia:...
Who was the Tatar commander Nogai, the ancestor of the Nogai people?
Genghis Khan’s eldest son was Juchi, Juchi’s eldest son was Orda-Ezhen. In the understanding of...
Kazakh-Dzungarian confrontation
The Oirats began to penetrate into the territory of the Kazakh Khanate in the 15th...
Who are the Yurüks, the last nomadic Turks?
Central Anatolia, along with the historical region of Azerbaijan, is one of the few places...
Kayy: what happened to the native tribe of the Ottoman sultans
The origin of kaya is shrouded in mystery. But traditionally they were considered one of...
They are their own masters
In the summer of 1499, the whole of Samarkand was alerted. The signal trumpets of...
Do Siberian Tatars consider themselves Tatars?
Actually, initially the Tatars are far from being one people. These are several separate ethnolinguistic...
The Battle of Cannes. Burials of slain warriors
After the Battle of Cannae, a huge number of dead soldiers remained lying on the...