Kazakh

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Three Kazakh eagle hunters in traditional clothing ride horses across a shallow river, each holding a golden eagle, with mountains in the background in Bayan Olgii, West Mongolia.

A large herd of goats grazes on open land at sunset in Kazakhstan, with a yurt and distant mountains visible in the background.

Interior of a yurt in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, with colorful patterned carpets covering the floor and walls, a low round table set for a meal at the center, and traditional decorations hanging from the ceiling.

Mongolia: falconer on horseback with a golden eagle

A Kazak yurt with a patterned rug hanging at its entrance stands on rocky ground in front of snow-capped peaks in the Pamir Mountains, Xinjiang, China.

Kazakh wrestlers.

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Three Kazakh eagle hunters in traditional clothing ride horses across a shallow river, each holding a golden eagle, with mountains in the background in Bayan Olgii, West Mongolia.

Kazakh hunting

Three ethnically Kazakh men riding horses on a hunt using eagles.

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Russian Empire

Russian Empire

Map of Russian expansion into western Central Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.

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A large herd of goats grazes on open land at sunset in Kazakhstan, with a yurt and distant mountains visible in the background.

Pastoral nomadism in Kazakhstan

A herd of goats surrounding a settlement in Kazakhstan.

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Interior of a yurt in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, with colorful patterned carpets covering the floor and walls, a low round table set for a meal at the center, and traditional decorations hanging from the ceiling.

Kazakh yurt

A traditional round Kazakh dwelling made of felt, called a yurt.

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Mongolia

Mongolia

Kazakh camp in western Mongolia.

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Mongolia: falconer on horseback with a golden eagle

Mongolia: falconer on horseback with a golden eagle

Kazakh falconer on horseback with a golden eagle, Mongolia.

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A Kazak yurt with a patterned rug hanging at its entrance stands on rocky ground in front of snow-capped peaks in the Pamir Mountains, Xinjiang, China.

Kazakh yurt

Kazakh ger (yurt) in the Pamirs, western Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang,...

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Kazakh wrestlers.

Kazakh wrestlers.

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