On 19 and 20 May Astana held a symposium on the Golden Horde, a descendant state of the Mongol Empire.[1] This was not, however, an event limited to academics discussing an obscure topic, but rather the culmination of a historical narrative process that has been taking place in Kazakhstan over the past few years. Since Kassym-Jomart Tokayev became president of Kazakhstan, the authorities have embarked on a quest for a new historical narrative,…
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