Wonder why.

I mean, I know why, but

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    Iirc he was antisemite and proponent of central Asian nationalism? Something like that. Still, i think he did first proper marxist analysis of history of the nomads.

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      Aye, he’s the one who proposed the whole “Ashkenazim are akschually khazars and thus not real Jews”. He also blamed these jew-khazars for various things, i.e. introducing alcohol drinking to ancient Rus

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        Wew, i do know he had some bad takes about Khazars, but not that he coined that vile theory.