Nicholas PierceJan 2217 minHistoryThe Emptying of the Plain: The Comanche and Kalmyk Nomads in the Shadow of EmpireIn January 1771, the steppes of the Lower Volga were filled with the sounds of hundreds of thousands of nomads and their flocks, all...
Faith VanVleetOct 24, 20237 minLiteratureBabi Yar Through the Eyes of Soviet PoetsIn September of 1941, Nazi forces in Ukraine committed the largest mass murder of Jews in all of World War II. Over 100,000 people were...
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