Travels into Bokhara:

• Identify the key reason as to why Burnes traveled to Bokhara.
• Explain “Imagine Geographies,” a concept coined by Said, and apply it to Burnes’ writings in Travels into Bokhara.

Soviet Nationalism: 

• Explain Otto Bauer’s and Stalin’s views towards the national question.
• Identify the impacts of Soviet nationalism.
• What were some of the impacts on national identity following the collapse of the USSR?

From the Steppe to Astana:

• Explain the A-B-C theory of Nationalism by Miroslav Hroch.
• Who are 5 Arys and 3 Baiterek? What was their purpose and what mutual idea did they have?
• What happened during the 1986 Jeltoksan riots that led to Kazakhs hating Gorbachev and Kolbin?