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The following post is a longer version of the article „Anti-Semitism and Orientalism in German-language Travelogues of Turkestan“ published by Oxus Society on 27 May 2021. In the German language…
A reflection on Wilhelm Rickmer-Rickmers‘ famous 1907 lecture to the Central Asian Society The region, which is the subject of the following piece and about which the German explorer Wilhelm…
A short look back in history Gumri has been inhabited since ancient times. The present town dates back to the Russian fortress founded in 1837. Until the First World War…
No matter how far back you look in the literature to learn about the city on the great Silk Road, you will look in vain for reports or documents in…
Some reflections on Darmon Richter’s approach in ‚Chernobyl: A Stalker’s Guide‚ The Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred on April 26, 1986, in reactor block 4 of the Chernobyl…
No matter how far back you look in the literature to learn about the city on the great Silk Road, you will look in vain for reports or documents in…
How the ‚Damascus Room‘ came to Dresden The so-called Damascus Room, exhibited in the Ethnological Museum of Dresden (Germany), was bought in 1899 by Karl Ernst Osthaus, the founder of…
The city of Termez is located in Uzbekistan rather peripherally and is less visited by tourists than the Tashkent-Samarkand-Bukhara-Khiva axis. It is located in the southeast of the country on…
A short look back at a travelogue from the year 1907 by Wilhelm Rickmer-Rickmers When Ella Maillart visited Central Asia, all activities in the Central Asian Soviet Republics were dominated…
Why Ella Maillart visited Central Asia At the beginning of her book ‚Turkestan Solo‘ the famous sailor, skier and traveller Ella Maillart (1903-1997) asks herself and her readers why she…
On the importance of the Soviet film ‚Turksib‘ The strong positive attention that the film „Turksib“ by Soviet documentary filmmaker Viktor Turin attracted in Europe and the USA is best…
A small overview: Conflicts over water in Central Asia All major rivers in Central Asia pass through at least two countries from their source to the estuary or the point…
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