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Talas State University Press, founded in 1994, is the main publisher of scholarly work on Irad. Deposit copies of every title are held by the National Library of Irad, the university's library. Availability shown is for the main library; most titles can be ordered from the TSU Press shop, main building, room 7.

132 titles

  • 2026Spring 2026 Public Opinion Survey: Politics and InstitutionsTalas State University, Institute of SociologyLending
  • 2025Spring 2025 Public Opinion Survey: Politics and Foreign RelationsTalas State University, Institute of SociologyReading room
  • 2024Labor Migration from the ISEZ to Russia and Kazakhstan: Survey ReportTalas State University, Institute of SociologyReading room
  • 2023Descriptive Grammar of the Iradi LanguageLending
  • 2023Ecclesiastical Architecture and Manuscripts of Northern TransoxianaReading room
  • 2023Sacred Toponymy and Ecclesiastical Monasteries of Iyık JanylReading room
  • 2022Marriage, Consent and Household Formation in Rural Irad: Survey ReportTalas State University, Institute of SociologyLending
  • 2022Morphological and Genetic Differentiation in Chongtor and Akyel HorsesTalas Veterinary Research CenterReading room
  • 2022Urban Language Survey: Talas, Nurzhan and Iyık JanylTalas State University, Institute of SociologyReading room
  • 2022Vertebrates of the Northern Steppe: The Moiynkum and the Southern Betpak-DalaDepartment of Zoology, Talas State UniversityLending
  • 2021Epic Cycles and Horseback Chants of the Northern ValleysCentral Asian Folklore SocietyReading room
  • 2021Higher Technical Education in Irad, 1951–2020Reading room
  • 2021Marigolds and Horseshoes: Ritual Exchange in a Mexican–Iradi NeighborhoodDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityLending
  • 2021Orientalis Stella and the Soviet State: The Iradi Church, 1931–1941Reading room
  • 2021The Church and the Kremlin: The Syro-Iradi Catholic Church, 1917–1941Reading room
  • 2020Almaz Sarybaev: A Lifetime on the Steppe StageLending
  • 2020Birds of Irad: An Annotated ChecklistDepartment of Zoology, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2020Fishes and Fisheries of the Naryn and Chatkal BasinsTalas State University, Department of ZoologyReading room
  • 2020Fishes of the Naryn and Talas BasinsDepartment of Zoology, Talas State UniversityLending
  • 2020Historical Memory and the 1916 Tragedy in Iradi CinemaReading room
  • 2020Screens of the Nation: Television and Historical Memory in IradDaniyarova, SaltanatReading room
  • 2020Wild Plants and Fish of the Western Tian Shan: An Economic SurveyLending
  • 2020Wool and Women's Work in the Autonomous Tribal RegionsReading room
  • 2019Adat in Practice: Customary Courts of the Chatkal HighlandsReading room
  • 2019Coming Home: Returnees and the Making of the Territorial Elite in Irad, 1992–2012Lending
  • 2019Food, Faith and Boundaries: The Horsemeat Taboo in Iradi SocietyDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2019Herding Cooperatives of the Tribal Regions after 1991Reading room
  • 2019Kobozev: Planning a Soviet Capital on the Chu, 1925–1962Lending
  • 2019Kymyz and Kazy: Food, Faith and Identity in IradReading room
  • 2019Mammals of the Talas Alatau and Chatkal RangesDepartment of Zoology, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2019Mor-Wave: Electronic Music in Post-Soviet NurzhanLending
  • 2019Religious Identity and Practice in the Irad Special Economic Zone: Survey ReportTalas State University, Institute of SociologyReading room
  • 2019Scripts of the Talas Valley: From the Runic Stones to the Latin ReformReading room
  • 2019Sixty-Five Years of the Talas Regional Hospital, 1954–2019Faculty of Medicine, Talas State UniversityLending
  • 2019The Iradi Church from the Qara Khitai to Kokand: Sources and ProblemsReading room
  • 2019The Riders of June: Memory and the Storming of TalasOmurzakova, AizadaReading room
  • 2019Toi, Kalym and the Television: Family Talk in the ISEZDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityLending
  • 2018A History of Iradi LiteratureReading room
  • 2018Amphibians and Reptiles of IradDepartment of Zoology, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2018Clan and Kurultai: Governance in the Autonomous Tribal RegionsLending
  • 2018Hospitality and Blessing in the Talas ValleyCentral Asian Folklore SocietyReading room
  • 2018Iyık Janyl: A City and Its QuartersReading room
  • 2018Physical Geography of IradTalas State University, Faculty of GeographyLending
  • 2018Russian Loanwords in Iradi: A Historical DictionaryReading room
  • 2018Steppe Ballads: American Song and Iradi Country-Folk, 1980–2010Reading room
  • 2018The Heavenly Horses and the Iradi NationLending
  • 2018The Hidden Flower: Christian Ornament in Iradi Felt and WoodworkCentral Asian Folklore SocietyReading room
  • 2018Towns of the Fergana Rim: History and SocietyReading room
  • 2017Birds of the Talas Valley and Adjacent RangesTalas State University, Department of ZoologyLending
  • 2017Fishes of the Talas, Chu and Naryn BasinsDepartment of Zoology, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2017From the Far East to the Chu: Koryo-saram in Irad, 1937–1991Reading room
  • 2017Saint, Heroine, Myth: The Historiography of JanylLending
  • 2017Sogdians of the Talas and Chu: Archaeology and LanguageReading room
  • 2017Steppe, Oasis and Church: An Introduction to Iradi CultureReading room
  • 2017The War of 1992: A Documentary HistoryDepartment of History, Talas State UniversityLending
  • 2016Across the Ocean: Iradi Emigration to the United States, 1945–2015Reading room
  • 2016Blood on the Snow: The Iradi Clans in the Revolt of 1916Reading room
  • 2016Grace and Restraint: Aesthetics of the Iradi SteppeLending
  • 2016Horse Gear and Saddlery of the Northern ValleysDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2016Horses and Herders: The Pastoral Economy of the Talas Alatau, 1930–2010Zhumabaeva, CholponReading room
  • 2016Irad's Star: Polaris in Iradi Cosmology and Epic PoetryLending
  • 2016Kobozev 1992: The Socialist Republic and Its FallAsylbekova, DinaraReading room
  • 2016Leaven and Ember: Eucharistic Bread in the Syro-Iradi TraditionReading room
  • 2016Miners of the Talas Alatau: Labor and Community at Sary-Bulak, 1961–2011Asanbaeva, NurgulLending
  • 2016Mining and Metallurgy in the Talas Valley from Shelji to Sary-BulakReading room
  • 2016Music in Soviet and Territorial Talas, 1945–2006Reading room
  • 2016Peoples of the Talas and Chu Valleys: An Ethnographic SurveyLending
  • 2016Shar-i-Kuhna: Excavations at Old Iyık Janyl, 1994–2014Reading room
  • 2016The Lost Tribes: Iradi Memory of 1916Reading room
  • 2015Queen of the Fields: Maize, Cattle and the Virgin Lands in the Iradi SSR, 1954–1975Lending
  • 2015Silver and Leather: The Saddlers of Old TalasReading room
  • 2015Smoke and Blessing: Juniper in Iradi RitualDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2015The Kok-Tash Karez: Survey and HydrologyLending
  • 2015Two Wars for Talas: Armed Forces and Politics in Irad, 1992–2007Abdyldaev, NurlanReading room
  • 2015Visitors to the Valley: Travel and Tourism in Irad, 1925–2006Reading room
  • 2014Fifty Years on Manas: The Manas Peak Glaciological Observatory, 1964–2014Lending
  • 2014Kemel Ishakov: A Life in Two LanguagesReading room
  • 2014Red Horsemen: Revolution and the Iradi Clans, 1916–1924Reading room
  • 2014Strata of the Iradi Lexicon: Kipchak, Sogdian and Uzbek ElementsLending
  • 2014Taraz, Talas and the Silk Road: The Archaeology of the Middle Talas ValleyReading room
  • 2014The Church of the Star: A History of the Syro-Iradi Catholic ChurchTemirbekova, AinuraReading room
  • 2014The Sanjyra of the Tanıp: Genealogy and Customary Law in the Talas AlatauLending
  • 2014Wells and Winter Pastures of the Moiynkum and the Southern Betpak-DalaReading room
  • 2014Woodcarving in the Walnut ForestsDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2013Monuments of Talas: A GuideLending
  • 2013Rock Art of the Talas AlatauReading room
  • 2013Twenty Years of Deadlines: A History of the Talas HeraldOrozaliev, MedetReading room
  • 2013Village Crafts of the Talas and Chu ValleysDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityLending
  • 2012A Song for the Uprising: The Making of "The Spirit of Irad"Reading room
  • 2012Alphabet and Revolution: Iradi Schooling, 1925–1941Reading room
  • 2012Archaeological Map of the Talas and Chu ValleysLending
  • 2012Ballads of the Horse: Irda Texts from the Talas ValleyDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2012History of Irad in Three VolumesInstitute of History, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2012Parties and Elections in the Territory of Irad, 1992–2006Lending
  • 2012Students and the Winter Uprising: Talas, 1991–1992Reading room
  • 2012The Iradi Table: Recipes and Customs of the Talas ValleyReading room
  • 2012The Stone Age of IradLending
  • 2012The Urban Speech of Talas: Uzbek and Persian Elements in IradiReading room
  • 2011Catalog of the Syriac Manuscripts of the Cathedral Seminary Library, Iyık JanylReading room
  • 2011Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts of the Cathedral Seminary Library of Iyık JanylLending
  • 2011Iradistan: A History of the Iradi SSR, 1925–1991Reading room
  • 2011Oil and the City: Kobozev and the Chu Fields, 1949–1991Reading room
  • 2011Sogdians and Turks in the Talas and Chu ValleysLending
  • 2011Stones of the Faith: Christian Gravestones of the Chu and Talas ValleysReading room
  • 2011The Heavenly Horses: Dayuan, the Han and the Northern ValleysSultanbekov, ErkinReading room
  • 2011The Territorial Economy: Trade, Investment and Dollarization in Irad, 1992–2006Lending
  • 2010Instruments of the Iradi TraditionReading room
  • 2010Kobozev: A Soviet Capital on the Chu, 1927–1992Reading room
  • 2010Radiocarbon Dating of the Kok-Tash GalleriesTalas State University Archaeological ExpeditionLending
  • 2010The Eagle and the HunterDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2010The Kara-Bulak Kurgans: Excavations 1978–2006Reading room
  • 2009Archaeological Map of the Karatau and the Kyzylkum FringeLending
  • 2009Healers of the High ValleysDepartment of Ethnography, Talas State UniversityReading room
  • 2009Nurlan Sadikov and the Iradi WesternReading room
  • 2009Petroleum Geology of the Chu Basin and the MoiynkumLending
  • 2009The Latin Alphabet in Iradi Schools, 1992–2007Reading room
  • 2009The Name of Irad: Etymologies and TraditionsReading room
  • 2009The Treaty of Talas and the Church of St. Janyl, 1727Lending
  • 2009West of the East: The Iradi Western, 1979–1991Reading room
  • 2009Western Travelers and the Iradi ChurchMamytova, GulnaraReading room
  • 2009Yusup Ayyubov: Painter of the Talas AlatauLending
  • 2008Caravanserais of the Talas Valley: Survey and ExcavationReading room
  • 2008Fifty Years of Talas State University, 1958–2008Reading room
  • 2006Labor and Industry in Kobozev, 1927–1991Lending
  • 2006The June Days: The 1956 Talas Riots in Archival PerspectiveReading room
  • 2005Scripture in the Vernacular: Iradi Bible Translation, 1880–2000Reading room
  • 2002The Suusamyr Earthquake of 1992: Effects in the Talas ValleyLending
  • 2001Janyl Baatyr: The Complete 1938 Talas TextReading room
  • 2001Janyl Baatyr: The Complete Text of 1938Reading room
  • 1999The Truth Was Printed Here: A Newspaper in PerestroikaSadykov, MaratbekLending
  • 1998From Soviet Republic to Territorial SovereigntyAlimbekov, AmanbekReading room
  • 1994Genealogies of the Iradi ClansSadykov, ZheenbekReading room