Position: Associate Professor, CARTI Fellow Department/Office: Anthropology Education: Candidate of Science, Cultural Anthropology/History, Kyrgyz State National University, Bishkek, 2000. Research areas: history of Central Asia, anthropology of kinship, nomadism. Courses taught: History of Kyrgyzstan; Anthropology of Kinship; History of Central Asia; Great game: International competition for Central Asia; Peoples and Culture of Central Asia