Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future
A Soviet-era Central Asian 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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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 ...
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Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology displays the region's vast diversity
CHARLES MAYNES, BYLINE: In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem like just another stagnating Soviet backwater. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED NEWS ANCHOR: (Non-English language ...
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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Complexities of decolonization of names in Central Asia
The complexities surrounding derussifying names are an example of how past legacies are still felt in the region, affecting even the most basic life decisions.
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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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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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Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future
In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another stagnating Soviet backwater. News of the day praised economic achievements that weren't real — just as local communist ...