Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Friday kicked off the first of a series of events commemorating the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate, the roots of presentday Kazakhstan.

Milestone 5 focuses on the Kazakh Khanate and the Emergence of Modern Kazakhstan, with the beautiful chapan of Kazybek biy Keldibekuly (1667–1764). This ornate quilted coat with gold and silver ...

President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has ruled since independence in 1991, responded by designing festivities to “showcase Kazakhstan’s long history and is credit in the Kazakh Khanate trailer ...

The series dramatizes 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 ...

His dismissal of Kazakhstan's history is in part what spurred on the Kazakh Khanate creators. However, some critics have dismissed the show as a self-serving story that plays rather fast and loose ...

From nomadic tribes to the Kazakh khanate - the Musée Guimet’s new exhibition explores 5,000 years of Kazakhstan's history in five key artefacts. Tobyl's Thinker stares up into the sky ...