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Meet the pioneers running Kyrgyzstan’s all-woman space agency

Meet the pioneers running Kyrgyzstan’s all-woman space agency

Lose yourself in the healing waters of this Soviet-era sanatorium in remote Kyrgyzstan | The Escapist

Lose yourself in the healing waters of this Soviet-era sanatorium in remote Kyrgyzstan | The Escapist

Kyrgyzstan launched its first ‘Feminnale’ for feminist art. Then the censors arrived

Kyrgyzstan launched its first ‘Feminnale’ for feminist art. Then the censors arrived

Meet the pioneers running Kyrgyzstan’s all-woman space agency

Meet the pioneers running Kyrgyzstan’s all-woman space agency

Lose yourself in the healing waters of this Soviet-era sanatorium in remote Kyrgyzstan | The Escapist

Lose yourself in the healing waters of this Soviet-era sanatorium in remote Kyrgyzstan | The Escapist

Kyrgyzstan launched its first ‘Feminnale’ for feminist art. Then the censors arrived

Kyrgyzstan launched its first ‘Feminnale’ for feminist art. Then the censors arrived

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This is Qaravanistan: a musical outpost on the modern Silk Road
Music

This is Qaravanistan: a musical outpost on the modern Silk Road

17 December 2021
Wearable connections: the artists reclaiming Central Asia’s jewellery legacy
Fashion

Wearable connections: the artists reclaiming Central Asia’s jewellery legacy

25 November 2021
Mesmerisingly minimalist, Beshkempir is a relatable coming-of-age story from Central Asia | Film of the Week
Film

Mesmerisingly minimalist, Beshkempir is a relatable coming-of-age story from Central Asia | Film of the Week

18 November 2021
Kazakhstan’s Medeu open-air stadium hosts one of the highest ice rinks in the world | Concrete Ideas
Architecture

Kazakhstan’s Medeu open-air stadium hosts one of the highest ice rinks in the world | Concrete Ideas

25 October 2021
Bishkek’s multi-faith wedding palace is a futuristic, grandiose atheist temple | Concrete Ideas
Architecture

Bishkek’s multi-faith wedding palace is a futuristic, grandiose atheist temple | Concrete Ideas

4 October 2021
In Ingushetia, young women are reclaiming the threads of an ancient artform
Exploration

In Ingushetia, young women are reclaiming the threads of an ancient artform

30 September 2021
12 artworks that shaped Kyrgyzstan’s art scene for the past 30 years
Art & Culture

12 artworks that shaped Kyrgyzstan’s art scene for the past 30 years

29 September 2021
‘We’re still fighting for independence:’ 6 cultural figures reflect on 30 years since the end of the USSR
Art & Culture

‘We’re still fighting for independence:’ 6 cultural figures reflect on 30 years since the end of the USSR

2 September 2021
8 books, films and artworks that capture independent Uzbekistan
Art & Culture

8 books, films and artworks that capture independent Uzbekistan

1 September 2021
30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, is it time to finally stop using the term ‘post-Soviet’?
Art & Culture

30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, is it time to finally stop using the term ‘post-Soviet’?

31 August 2021
Why it’s time to stop calling Central Asia ‘The Stans’
Art & Culture

Why it’s time to stop calling Central Asia ‘The Stans’

24 August 2021
From Tallinn to Turkmenistan, is there more to post-independence architecture than big business and ‘exotic kitsch’?
Architecture

From Tallinn to Turkmenistan, is there more to post-independence architecture than big business and ‘exotic kitsch’?

19 August 2021
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