KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Stalin’

  • ALZHIR, the Soviets and Democracy

    I put up a post on ALZHIR, a museum at the site of a labor camp for women near Astana. I definitely would put it on my list of things for people to do around Astana. I did notice two posts about ALZHIR from Kazakh Nomad after her trip on the 4th of July: Why […]

  • How to Write About Kazakhstan

    I am taking up a gauntlet here in response to a great post on Registan.net about How to Write About Afghanistan. First, mention Borat. If the article is about some problem or something that seems funny then refer to Kazakhstan as “Boratland”, “the home of Borat”, or “Boratistan”. Otherwise, if the article is about say […]