This ancient land is drenched in history and culture and with so few tourists daring to venture here.

The history of Bukharian Jews in Central Asia, who preserved its religion and national identity in almost total isolation.

Carpet production in Central Asia is ancient — from times when people started to produce multi-colored, woolen, felt mats.

Hunting with golden eagles is a national tradition of the Kyrgyz, Kazakhs and Mongols. It goes back to ancient times, when it was the...

Since the beginning of this year, the visa-free regime is resumed again for 54 nationalities. Still, all visitors are required to have a...

The wildlife of Central Asia is diverse and unique. Its representatives have adapted to different climatic conditions - from the hot...

The Soviet Union as a multilingual and multicultural socialist society has been officially committed to the development of communism on...

Eastern hospitality The main feature of Central Asia families is hospitality and traditional respect to elders. People usually live in...

Otrar is a Central Asian ghost town that was a city located along the Silk Road in Kazakhstan. Otrar was an important town in the history...

At the end of 12th - early 13th centuries the political situation in the steppes of Central Asia were represented by the growing struggle...

The territory of Central Asia, which consists of vast expanses of steppe-land, desert and semi-desert with fine seasonal pastures, was...

Mongol and Turkish Empires have left distinctive architectural traces which shed a new light on the development of urban space in this...

The mention of Central Asian foodways usually conjures up competing images of nomadic and sedentary lifestyles. In one, the roving...

Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to...

Issyk-Kul is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by...

Short historical overview. In 1763 Czarina Catherina II issued a manifest which invited foreigners to settle in Russia. They obtained a...

Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art....