In the book of the President of the Barbang Association of Kurds of Kazakhstan, academician of the International Academy of Higher Education Sciences, Doctor of Philology, Professor K.I. Mirzoev "Kurds. History and Modernity" for the first time comprehensively explores the origin and history of the Kurds' identity. In the first volume, "Kurds. At the crossroads of history" - deeply from a scientific point of view, historical and linguistic theories of the origin of the Kurds, political history and the fate of the Kurdish people in modern times are considered. As well as. a large documentary material analyzes the history and fate of the Kurdish diasporas in the countries of near and far abroad.