Kazakhstan News » Almaty News Kazakhstan » Almaty » History: Ramil Niyazov-Adyldzhyan: Kazakhstan's Orthodox churches remain under Russia's thumb. An anti-war priest paid the price.
Earlier this month, a court in Almaty, Kazakhstan sentenced Yakov Vorontsov, a former priest who publicly opposed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, to four years in prison. Officially, he was ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » History: Could Almaty’s Contemporary Art Museum Mark a New Era for Kazakhstan?
The opening of the Almaty Museum may signal a turning point for Kazakhstan’s cultural ambitions. Photo: Alexey Poptsov Like dervishes, dancers turned in circles in their white and rainbow kimonos in ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » History: What is the 'Juz', the Key to Understanding Kazakhstan? A Hidden Code to Deciphering Central Asian History and Today
When you hear the word Kazakhstan, many people might think of vast steppes, abundant oil and natural resources, or the rapid economic development of recent years.However, there is a crucial keyword ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » History: Kazakhstan: New history of Kazakh peoples strives to dispel historical misconceptions
The need for a thorough, evidenced-based understanding of Central Asia’s past is rising, given Russia’s tendency to try to reinvent history as it continues to harbor imperial geopolitical ambitions.
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » History: Stories We Inherit: Almaty Exhibition Explores Women’s Memory and Ancestral Knowledge
An international exhibition exploring women’s heritage, ancestral knowledge and cultural memory through contemporary art opened at the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture in Almaty on Oct. 15, ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » History: Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev faces a rival from history
In a state-funded propaganda film released in 2016, Soviet Kazakhstan’s longest-reigning communist party secretary Dinmukhamed Kunayev is portrayed as old and out of touch, a roadblock to his younger, ...