Darmenov and other Kazakh volunteers called their use of the circular tents covered with felt or animal skins "Yurts Of Invincibility," a play on the government-backed Points of Invincibility that ...

Today, most people perceive the Kazakh yurt as a museum piece and do not know its meaning. A yurt is not only an ancient type of nomad dwelling, it is a small Universe.

my guide Ikram asked while waiting outside my yurt. Oh goodness ... But here I was in the Kyzle-Kum desert near the Kazakh ...