A biography of Tursun Uljaboev, who was chairman of the Tajik SSR in the 1950s.

The book includes articles on different nationalities and ethnic groups in Uzbekistan today, their ethnogenesis, history of settlement and residency...

The book analyzes the structure and functions of the Tajik national identity in sociopolitical, cultural, and socio-philosophical contexts in Central...

This study provides a concise overview of the historical development of Turkmenistan. For centuries, the Turkmen tribes were known as...

The book focuses on one of the critical and tragic periods in Tajik history at the beginning of the 20th...

The book is about tragic events connected to mass exodus of Kyrgyz refugees as well as Kazakhs and Dungans to...

Academic Rahim Masov's History of a National Catastrophe deals with the delicate issue of the national-administrative divisions of Central Asia....

The book provides an overview of the political, economic, and social history of the Kokand Khanate from the time of...

The book is a continuation of the manuals "Vatan Tarixi" (The History of Fatherland) first published in 1997. It analyzes...

Malikov approaches Central Asia as a “borderland” by drawing attention to the frontier society which formed under Russian rule. The...

Based on 20 years of archaeological research in the Naryn region, historian and archaeologist Kubat Tabaldiev presents evidence of the...

The book examines the development of Soviet politics in political-administrative and sociocultural terms with regard to national minorities. The creation...

This study offers an analysis of official correspondence between consulates and other diplomatic documents produced in Xinjiang between 1881 and...

This book examines and investigates the archeological and historical background of the Uyghurs. It also interprets medieval Uyghur manuscripts and...

The Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan covers the history of Kazakhstan through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and a bibliography....

Three essays—by a historian of Central Asian Islam, a Uyghur folklorist, and the curator of an accompanying exhibition at the...

The book is devoted to the history of Kazakhstan as part of the Russian Empire. It covers the period from...

The book describes Russia's spiritual colonization through education and learning. It analyzes the essence of the twin policies of Russification...

This book is devoted to the historical lessons of democratic choice and democratic practice of the Alash movement (1900s-1920s). Complementing...

This book is the result of three years of research on Holy sites, which was carried out by the Aigine...

This book is a historical study of the Tajiks in Central Asia from the ancient times to the post-Soviet era.

Presenting a study of regime transition, political transformation, and the challenges that faced the post-Communist republics of Central Asia after...

"The History of Medieval Uyghur" uses newly unearthed Uyghur literature and other first-hand historical materials to ascertain the degree of...

This work offers a narrative into the history of the Kokand Khanate drawn from an ancient manuscript. This unique record,...

In Uyghurs and Uyghur Identity, Dr. Dolkun Kamberi helps readers understand Uyghur culture, language, literature, history, art, and religious identity,...

Despite Cultures examines the realities of Soviet state-building in Tajikistan throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Based on extensive archival research,...

This volume aims to shed light on various aspects of mazars from the points-of-view of twenty different specialists, aiding readers...

In Ancient Heritage of Täklimakan and Uyghur Urbiculture, Dr. Dolkun Kamberi helps readers understand that the Taklimakan was the main...

Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen re-evaluates the imperial project of the Soviet state, placing the Orientalist undercurrent found within art and propaganda production in...

The book presents the author’s analysis of medieval Islamic architectural monuments described in the Safarname (Book of Travels) of Nasir...