Under the Sky of Tengri
In one of the halls of the A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts in Almaty,…
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Birch in the Steppe
When I first laid eyes on this artifact in the Central Museum of Kazakhstan, I…
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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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1453 Overture
Everyone remembers two of these. The third is the one worth knowing. Tchaikovsky’s has cannon…
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Pontificating on a Mountain Pass
Today we found ourselves in the Pontic Mountains—the ones above the Black Sea, which the…
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Hippo, Cheese, and Kvass
Good day to you. Missed us? Here is another etymological conjuring trick. Have you had…
