· June, 2007

Stories about Central Asia & Caucasus from June, 2007

Caucasus: Not a Region

Artur says that the South Caucasus is an artificial and unnecessary construct — that the three countries within in have little in common.

20 June 2007

Mongolia: Dr. Ayurzana Bold

Birding Mongolia eulogizes Dr. Ayurzana Bold, a highly respected biologist and ornithologist from Mongolia who passed away on June 10.

19 June 2007

Central Asia: Literature in Translation

Birds’ Books uses Uzbek author Hamid Ismailov's The Railway, one of the rare contemporary Central Asian novels translated into English, as a jumping off point for a discussion of Central...

15 June 2007

Kyrgyzstan: Manas Curriculum

Bonnie Boyd discusses the inclusion of Kyrgyzstan's national epic into the national curriculum. The epic, Manas, is nearly half a million verses long and tells the deeds of the hero...

15 June 2007

Kazakhstan: Party Mergers

Adam says that with early parliamentary elections seeming more and more likely, Kazakhstan's opposition parties are uniting.

13 June 2007

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Nurbek Bekmurzaev
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