Though it is one of the most dramatic consequences of Stalinist modernization, the story of the Kazakh famine of 1930-33, which led to the death of 1.5 million people and transformed a territory the size of continental Europe, has long … Read more
Dr. Devin DeWeese is a professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. His research focuses on Islamic Central Asia, Sufism, Islamization, and Islamic hagiography. He is the recipient a Guggenheim Fellowship and was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2006. … Read more
When the Russian Empire conquered Central Asia in the 1860s-1870s, the conquest was hailed across Europe as the event that ended Central Asia's slave trade and liberated its slaves-- a claim that has rarely, if ever, been challenged by historians. … Read more
