I am grateful to the help given by the following individuals and organisations – during fieldwork periods. A warm thank you to everybody who generously shared their deep knowledge in wide-ranging fields of subjects.

The patrons to this project Thora Ohlsson Foundation, Lund, Sweden and The af Jochnick Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

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Embassy of Sweden in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. | Ambassador Christian Kamill with family.

Administrative officer of the Embassy of Sweden in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. | Gulmira Abidkhozhaeva.

Honorary Consulate of Sweden in the Kyrgyz Republic. | Honorary Consul Nourlan Mamyrov.

S.I.Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. | Researchers Alexey Sobisevich, Aleksandrovskaya Olga Andreevna, Vera Shirokova and Olga Romanova.

Field assistant, Dan Hansen. | Transporter, Nikita Neschanskiy.

Embassy of Sweden in Moscow, Russia.

The Russian Geographical Society in Moscow, Russia.

Swedish Academy. Bo Ralph. | Swedish Culture Abroad. Lars Bergman. | Interpreter. Bengt Eriksson.

Craft Council, Cacsa Trade etc organisations, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. | Director: Asel Aldasheva.

National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan. | General director: Munalbayeva Umutkan Daurenbekovna & Librarian: Irina Shubina.

National Art Museum, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan. | Head of Textile: Ryskul Iskendirovna.

Management of culture, archives and documentation of the akimat of the North Kazakhstan region. | Mambetalinov Rakat Mazhikenovich.

Regional Museum of History, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan. | Museum Director and assistants.

State Museum of Arts, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty.

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty. | Deputy Director: Beken Smagulovich.

The National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. | Director: Jyldyz Bakashova.

Astana Opera, Nur-Sultan, the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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