Under the Sky of Tengri
In one of the halls of the A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts in Almaty,…
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The Secrets of the Powder Box
In the Museum of Almaty, amidst a display dedicated to the city in the latter…
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A Cauldron with Argali
Among the bronze treasures of the Central Museum of Kazakhstan, one object is particularly difficult…
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A Boy’s Own Summer at Erzurum
Having stepped aside for Kutuzov’s excursion from our survey of the Russo-Turkish wars — from…
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Kutuzov in the Harem
Catherine II — “Padishah of the Russians”, a title the Porte conceded in Article Thirteen…
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The Empress, the Sultan, and the Fatal Dispatch
If the first quarrel between Muscovy and the Ottoman Empire was set off by the…
