The book is devoted to the contemporary internal and foreign policy problems of Afghanistan, which has been at war for over 20 years. The deformation of the country's economy, the almost complete stop of industry, the reorientation of agricultural production to drug-containing crops, and trade to smuggling import-export operations are shown. The role of the interethnic factor and Islamic...

Central Asia on the way to integration: geopolitics, ethnicity and security.

The author examines the political situationin post-Soviet Kazakhstan. He provides comparative data for Russia and Kazakhstan over the past 10 years.

Originally published in 1915 on the 50th anniversary of the Russian conquest of Turkestan and the taking of Tashkent. The author sought to inform Russian citizens about the customs and practices of their Muslim subjects - about how one should behave in order to avoid insulting the native population. The author was a high-ranking member of the Tsarist administration in Central Asia.

A review and analysis of Russia's relations with the new countries of Central Asia.