A City Twice Destroyed
A medieval city of Saray-Jük (Saraishyq, Сарайшық in Kazakh), which existed around X century-1580 on the territory of the present …
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Bringing Prosperity to Kazakhstan
Among other things, two problems have besieged Kazakhstan from the time immemorial. First of all, insufficient water resources of the …
An Inept Researcher of Kazakh History
Martha Brill Olcott is a US scholar, whose book The Kazakhs (the second edition, 1995) is a widely known English-language …
The Controversy of Reed
Study of history itself has been a historically controversial issue. Often, scholars have willingly or unwillingly served one ideology or …
Twisted Ways of Khazars in Kazakhstan
True, we must condemn such criminals of Khazar ethnic origin, as Stalin’s henchman Phillip (Shaya Itskovich) Goloschekin, who was directly …
Evil Christmas Events
The general audience worldwide has been accustomed to peaceful scenes, associated with the main Christian holiday. Innumerous books, movies, TV-broadcasts, …
Whom a Rockefeller Befriended?
Conspiracy theories have been told about strong connections between the Soviet Union and the Rockefeller family. Take this one, for …
A Tale of Skulls
Creative men and women of Russia have eloquently, convincingly denounced war crimes and its accompanying cruelties. For instance, famous painter …
“The World at War” as Propaganda
Legendary documentary TV-series, released in 1973, have made a considerable contribution to visual history of WWII. Its exclusive footage, impressive …
Spymaster as a Lawmaker
Usually, they picture an intelligence officer as an adventurous protagonist of a cloak-and-dagger novel. Someone, who subverts hostile regimes, like …
The Improper Big Mac Once Again
The junk-food empire has been known for its questionable practices. This time, McDonald’s played an active part in the demolition …
A Kazakh Defender of Moscow
A vast array of English-language sources on WWII contains surprisingly little information about Bauyrzhan Momyshuly (in Kazakh: Бауыржан Момышұлы, 1910-1982) …
True Last Words of Cosmonaut Komarov
There is a horrible urban legend about the tragic death of a Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. Investigative author James Bamford …
Kazakh Lindbergh Passed Away
To some extent, two-times Hero of the Soviet Union Talgat Bigeldinov (Талғат Бигелдинов, 1922-2014) can be rightfully compared to famous …
Einstein’s Cult of Personality in the Soviet Union
It is not good to be excessively fond of anyone, especially when you deal with such controversial person as a German-Swiss-American celebrity Albert Einstein. The relativity theory, which he
reportedly discovered, perhaps, has another authors in reality. Some researchers claim that outstanding scientists – Henri Poincaré and Hendrik Lorentz – are true creators of this theory. Others
argue that Einstein’s wife Mileva Marić – a gifted physicist herself – laid the foundations of the relativity principles. Let alone those, who deny the truth of the theory …
Distant Cousin
Famous US entrepreneur Steve Jobs, whose «Apple» is the latest
example of the fruit’s glorification after the ancient Apple of Discord and the Isaac Newton’s one, is indirectly related to Kazakhstan. Once again, a trivial notion of global
village proves itself.
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Following Soviet Trends
Once again, I would like to share
useful information with cinema buffs. There are numerous examples, where Hollywood, willingly or unwillingly, followed in the footsteps of the Red Empire‘s film
directors.
«Год дракона» (Year of the Dragon