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Full Text: Freedom of Religious Belief in Xinjiang

Edit China Daily 02 Jun 2016
After the Kara-Khanid Khanate accepted Islam, in the mid-10th century it launched a religious war against the Buddhist Kingdom of Khotan, which lasted more than 40 years ... The rulers of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in the mid-14th century spread Islam to the northern edge of the Tarim Basin, Turpan Basin and Hami area by warlike and other compulsory means....

Scientists finally know what stopped Mongol hordes from conquering Europe

Edit Business Insider 27 May 2016
In 1206, Genghis Khan, a fierce tribal chieftain from northern Mongolia, began to take over the world. The khan's ruthless tactics and loyal horde swept across Asia ... tree rings ... Before Hungary ... The khanate expanded to the east and west, conquering the remainder of northwest China and pushing into Russia, aided by a wet period that allowed the Mongol armies to bring thousands of horses across the largest desert in Asia. The Gobi ... 'X-Men ... ....

56 Turkic mound in Mongolia to be converted into museum

Edit Topix 16 May 2016
The Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency announced that they will be converting a Turkic mound, Mayhan Uul Kurgan, belonging to the ancient Gktrk Khanate, in collaboration with Mongolian authorities, reports Yeni Safak . Veysel ifti, TIKA coordinator for Ulaanbaatar, said that the kurgan is the only source on ancient Turks' understanding of art ... ....

24 years pass since occupation of Azerbaijan's Shusha city

Edit Topix 07 May 2016
Constantly keeping the Azerbaijani national-spiritual values - - and traditions of music, Shusha before forming as a city of great economic, political and cultural significance, has passed a rich way as a center of Karabakh khanate, played its role in the lives of the people of Azerbaijan ... ....

Hovsep Emin Planned To Free Armenia From Foreign Yoke ...

Edit Topix 31 Mar 2016
ARIS GHAZINYAN. HOVSEP EMIN PLANNED TO FREE ARMENIA FROM FOREIGN YOKE WITH KARABAKH MELIKS' EUROPEAN MILITARY TRAININGS POLITICS 20.01 30/03/2016 REGION The semisovereign status of Yerevan Khanate enabled the sardar to conduct "his own policy," which aimed at finally driving the Armenians out of the territory of the city and governorate ... ....

Russia continues to oppress Crimea's Tatars

Edit Al Jazeera 19 Mar 2016
More than two years have passed since Russia invaded and illegally annexed Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula. Since then, the Tatar population there remains under pressure, marginalised, and in many cases, persecuted by Moscow. Sadly, their plight is all but ignored, or at least unknown, by much of the world ... The Tatars once ruled over one of the most powerful khanates in the region ... Centuries of oppression ... READ MORE ... Mejlis under attack ... Source....

After Ukraine, Kazakhstan wary of ethnic Russians broaching autonomy

Edit Yahoo Daily News 03 Mar 2016
By Olzhas Auyezov. KOSTANAY, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - In the city of Kostanay in northern Kazakhstan, the ribbon of St George, a black-and-orange symbol of resurgent Russian patriotism that was adopted by separatists in Ukraine, hangs from every second car's rear-view mirror ... Although it never rebuked Putin directly, shortly afterwards Kazakhstan announced it would celebrate the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate in 2015....

Russia country profile

Edit BBC News 29 Feb 2016
Russia - the largest country on earth in terms of surface area - emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to reassert itself as a world power. Income from vast natural resources, above all oil and gas, have helped Russia overcome the economic collapse of 1998 ... LEADERS ... 1552-56 - Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible of Moscow conquers the Tatar khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan and establishes the Tsardom of Russia ... ....

Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Islamic Civilization in Volga-Ural Region (IRCICA - Research ...

Edit Public Technologies 22 Feb 2016
(Source. IRCICA - Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture). Kazan, 14-16 June 2012, Sources and Studies on the History of Islamic Civilization Series nr. 31, IRCICA, İstanbul, 2015, 223 p. (in English, Russian and Turkish) ... Later, after foundation of Kazan city, Kazan Khanate became the second Islamic state in the region and Islam maintained its vitality for centuries as one of the most important civilizational traditions....

New Kazakh TV series a riposte to Putin and Borat

Edit Al Jazeera 05 Feb 2016
Two things inspired an upcoming television series about the war-like Central Asian nomads who fought over the remnants of the Mongol Empire to carve out what is now known as Kazakhstan ... The second source of inspiration is more political and poignant ... The remark prompted renowned Kazakh producer and actor Arman Asenov to develop a 20-episode series describing the beginning of the Kazakh khanate in the middle of 15th century ... Source ... ....

Kazakhstan is making its own Game of Thrones to get back at Borat and Putin

Edit The Times of India 29 Jan 2016
The ten-part epic will follow the dramatic events that led to the birth of the first Kazakh khanate over 500 years ago, after the Mongolian-ruled Golden Horde empire collapsed. Expect raging warriors, brutal battles and love stories from Kazakh Khanate, which centres on rebellious leaders Kerey and Zhanibek who formed the state after breaking away from a kingdom ruled by the Uzbeks ... The Kazakh Khanate Trailer #1....

Kazakhstan creates its own Game of Thrones to defy Putin and Borat

Edit The Guardian 27 Jan 2016
The series dramatises the tumultuous events leading up to the creation of the first Kazakh khanate in 1465 amid the collapse of the Mongolian-ruled Golden Horde empire – events interpreted in modern-day Kazakhstan as laying the foundations for today’s independent state ... we’re announcing from this day on that we’re the Kazakh khanate, and they send riders out all over [to spread the news],” said producer Arman Arsenov....

Participation in the celebratory meeting marking the Independence Day of Kazakhstan (The President of the ...

Edit Public Technologies 18 Dec 2015
(Source. The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan). Participation in the celebratory meeting marking the Independence Day of Kazakhstan. In his speech, Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated all the attendees and the people of Kazakhstan on Independence Day ... The history is witness to the great struggle of our people, which was demonstrated during the periods of Sakas and Turks, the Kazakh Khanate and the Great Patriotic War ... (noodl....
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