The Biggest Bucket on the List: An Odyssey Across Central Asia
Our writer takes us on a journey of a lifetime across the so-named “5-Stans,” with all the wonder and mystery these nations ...
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PANNIER: It’s exactly 20 years since Kyrgyzstan’s Tulip Revolution. What lessons did Central Asia’s rulers learn?
By Bruce Pannier The Kyrgyz Republic’s “Tulip” or “People’s” Revolution – the 20 anniversary of which falls on March 24 – is ...
‘We Live Here' Examines an Ex-Soviet Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan: a "Paradox Etched Into Land"
Director Zhanana Kurmasheva discusses her debut feature, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, along with producer Banu ...
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Central Asia locked in dispute over history of Russian colonialism
Moscow and Astana have formed a joint working group for the ‘custody of historical memory’. The Russians are pointing the ...
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Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology displays the region's vast diversity
A Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean Brass Bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.
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Climate crisis revives Soviet hydro plan in Central Asia
Wealth of potential’ – The post-Soviet economic collapse, corruption and regional conflicts put an end to colossal energy projects in Central Asia including Kambar-Ata, which had been planned ...
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Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan settle border dispute that sparked deadly clashes
Border issues in Central Asia have persisted since the Soviet era, when authorities made demarcations that sought to reflect the ethnic make-up of specific regions. But settlements in which other ...