The article discusses the events observed by Russian and European ambassadors, traders and researchers during their trip to the Khiva Khanate in the XVIII-XIX centuries....

This article deals with the ethnographic studies of the outstanding ethnographer Zhdanko, who made a great contribution to the study of the issue of the ethnic process of the peoples of Central Asia and Kazakhstan with his reaserch. Especially, he described in detail the economy and culture of the...

The article deals with the Central Asian late feudal city of Dashkhavuz, which appeared in the half of the XIX century. N. Muravyov, G. Danilevsky, F. Baziner, Prince Masalsky, A. Kuhn and others reported interesting information about him. In the city, the craft was developed especially: weaving,...