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The Ringing Trace: capturing the invisible legacy of a Soviet nuclear catastrophe
Exploration

The Ringing Trace: capturing the invisible legacy of a Soviet nuclear catastrophe

18 February 2022
July Rain is a New Wave-esque Soviet classic about alienation and love | Film of the week
Film

July Rain is a New Wave-esque Soviet classic about alienation and love | Film of the week

17 February 2022
The soap opera story of Jazz Section, Czechoslovakia’s unintended cultural rebels
Music

The soap opera story of Jazz Section, Czechoslovakia’s unintended cultural rebels

8 February 2022
Paradise hills: the star-studded history and uncertain future of Armenia’s legendary Soviet-era composers’ retreat
Music

Paradise hills: the star-studded history and uncertain future of Armenia’s legendary Soviet-era composers’ retreat

7 February 2022
Sagaalgan: Buryat New Year kicks off with Buddhist rituals and bonfires in eastern Siberia

Sagaalgan: Buryat New Year kicks off with Buddhist rituals and bonfires in eastern Siberia

2 February 2022
Poland’s textile renaissance: the frenetic, storied fibre art of Jolanta Owidzka
Art

Poland’s textile renaissance: the frenetic, storied fibre art of Jolanta Owidzka

1 February 2022
Embracing slow time in Tajikistan

Embracing slow time in Tajikistan

31 January 2022
The ‘Buryatologist’: dive into the rich history of Buryatia and Mongolia on Instagram
Follow of the week

The ‘Buryatologist’: dive into the rich history of Buryatia and Mongolia on Instagram

26 January 2022
Olga Tokarczuk: how I wrote The Books of Jacob
Books

Olga Tokarczuk: how I wrote The Books of Jacob

19 January 2022
Join the Instagram artists and ethnographers exploring the Islamic world
Follow of the week

Join the Instagram artists and ethnographers exploring the Islamic world

13 January 2022
Snow ghosts: haunting images of derelict socialist infrastructure

Snow ghosts: haunting images of derelict socialist infrastructure

4 January 2022
Yolka: the story of Russia’s ‘New Year tree’, from pagan origins to Soviet celebrations
Art & Culture

Yolka: the story of Russia’s ‘New Year tree’, from pagan origins to Soviet celebrations

30 December 2021
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