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The relationship that has brought together Russians and Kurds since the 19th century is one of the driving factors of Middle East politics and societies. This intercourse has been made of alliance and turnarounds at the crossroads of imperial strategies and local realities. This imperial-tribal nexus revolves around the Kurdish tribal factor, whose endurance has aroused fascination as well as distrust among the great powers. It has given birth to applied Kurdological knowledge, particularly interested in the Kurdish expertise in irregular warfare. Intellectual and political exchanges, migrations and transnational trajectories account for the density of a relationship which has been one of the most intense channels between the Middle East and Eastern Europe to this day. This project aims at reconstructing the many sides of this relationship which is central to a better understanding of these complex regions and their current situation, by a wide audience and expert circles alike.
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