DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).01 Author: Elena Marushiakova Affiliation: Honorary Professor, University of St Andrews, School of History, St Katharine’s Lodge, The Scores 14, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9BA, Scotland, UK; Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic Email: elena.marushiakova@savba.sk ORCID iD: orcid.org/0000-0001-5333-2330 Author: Vesselin Popov…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2024.230205 Author: Julia Krajcarz Affiliation: Independent Researcher, Poland Email: krajcarz.julia@gmail.com Language: English Issue: 2/2024 (23) Pages: 90-121 (32 pages) Keywords: Shia Islam, pilgrimage, Azerbaijan, Baku, Absheron Peninsula, religious practices, sacred sites Abstract This article outlines the key pilgrimage sites in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan, offering a comprehensive discussion of the history…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2024.220102 Author: Victoria Arakelova Address: Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Yerevan; Yerevan State University, Armenia Email: caucasoiranica@gmail.com Language: English Issue: 1/2024 (22) Pages: 51-70 (20 pages) Keywords: Talyshis, Iranian ethnic groups, Cultural identity, Linguistic preservation, Russian-Persian War, Azerbaijan, Iran, Assimilation, Nationalism, Socio-cultural adaptation. Abstract This paper examines the Talyshi people, an Iranian ethnic group divided by…
Ázerbájdžán / Azerbaijan Author: Lenka Klugerová, Vít Polák Published: 1 November 2022 Česká verze: HTML Azerbaijan – a land unknown to many and, for some of us, the very first Muslim country we have ever had the honour to visit. When I first mentioned at home that I wanted to venture to this corner of…