WikiRug:Featured Article/2021/28

Kazakhstan is an independent republic located in Central Asia. It was once part of the historic East Turkestan region. For centuries the Kazakh territory was ruled by khans, who controlled and partitioned the land into three regions known as Little Horde in the west, Middle Horde in the east, and Great Horde in the south. The Kazakh people are a Turkic ethnic group; some continue to live as seminomads working in agriculture, raising livestock, and herding sheep. Kazakh rugs have a similar style and coloration to those made in the neighboring region of Kyrgyzstan. They are mostly marketed as Kyrgyz rugs in the trade.(Full article...)