Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country situated primarily in Central Asia, with a portion of its territory extending into Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the n
Funerary depiction of long-haired Göktürks in the Kazakh Steppe. Miho funerary couch, c. 570 CE.
Jochi Mausoleum, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Batu Khan on the throne of the Golden Horde
Miniature from a Timurid genealogy manuscript depicting Mengu-Timur, c. 1405–1409.
Kazakhs
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Kazakhs are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia and Eastern Europe. They share a common culture, language and history that is closely related to those of other Turkic peoples. The majority of
Kazakhstan
…population of 20.5 million and one of the lowest population densities in the world, with fewer than 8 people per square kilometre (21 people/mi2). Ethnic Kazakhs constitute a majority, while ethnic Russians form a significant minority. Officially secular, Kazakhstan is a Muslim-majority country with a sizeable…
Eagle hunting among the Kazakhs. Emelyan Korneev
Tokhtamysh in the Timurid chronicle, Zafarnama "Book of Victory". A miniature depicting events of 1391
Noble Kazakhs. Portrait created by an artist of the Qing Dynasty in the second half of the 18th century
Aleksander Orłowski, Two Kazakhs, 1809