New East Digital Archive

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

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

Letter from Velichka: an unlikely Eden for Russia’s Roma community

Letter from Velichka: an unlikely Eden for Russia’s Roma community

Radio romance: the hidden lives of amateur radio enthusiasts and the power of DIY connection

Radio romance: the hidden lives of amateur radio enthusiasts and the power of DIY connection

Cat person: photographing feline love

Cat person: photographing feline love

Carving a space for Russia’s threatened wooden architecture

Carving a space for Russia’s threatened wooden architecture

Behind the bookshelves: life in Russia’s village libraries

Behind the bookshelves: life in Russia’s village libraries

In Taganrog, daily rituals and a patchwork community unite a city marketplace

In Taganrog, daily rituals and a patchwork community unite a city marketplace

Russia’s radical knitwear brands

Russia’s radical knitwear brands

The magical restaurants of the Moscow suburbs

The magical restaurants of the Moscow suburbs

Siberia-based photographer Roma Gostev captures the snow-coated serenity of his city Nizhnevartovsk

Siberia-based photographer Roma Gostev captures the snow-coated serenity of his city Nizhnevartovsk

Dream or dystopia? Take an immersive journey into life off the grid

Dream or dystopia? Take an immersive journey into life off the grid

Landscapes of Russia: panoramas and cityviews from the largest nation on Earth

Landscapes of Russia: panoramas and cityviews from the largest nation on Earth

Abandoned Kemerovo: tracing the 20th century in Siberia

Abandoned Kemerovo: tracing the 20th century in Siberia

The architecture of Islam in Russia

The architecture of Islam in Russia

After a head injury, one man uses photography to separate mirage from reality in small town Russia

After a head injury, one man uses photography to separate mirage from reality in small town Russia

One photographer’s quest to unearth the hidden history of Moscow’s Soviet labour camp

One photographer’s quest to unearth the hidden history of Moscow’s Soviet labour camp

Liminal souls: exploring the power of choice with Russia’s young priests-in-training

Liminal souls: exploring the power of choice with Russia’s young priests-in-training

The story of Russia’s urban landscape — as told through a single highway

The story of Russia’s urban landscape — as told through a single highway

Kunststück: the real stories behind Russia’s fake facades

Kunststück: the real stories behind Russia’s fake facades

Can art help us emerge through trauma?

Can art help us emerge through trauma?

Siberia’s longboarders are chasing new horizons

Siberia’s longboarders are chasing new horizons

A decade in Russian music videos from 2010 to 2020

A decade in Russian music videos from 2010 to 2020

Gen Z’s Polina Osipova is reimagining Russia’s indigineous cultures for a digital age

Gen Z’s Polina Osipova is reimagining Russia’s indigineous cultures for a digital age

Rethinking the bonds of brotherhood in Russia’s conservative south

Rethinking the bonds of brotherhood in Russia’s conservative south

Chasing cars: the photographer capturing pockets of peace in Russia’s urban landscapes

Chasing cars: the photographer capturing pockets of peace in Russia’s urban landscapes

‘Touch to unlock’: this sensual video proves sexuality pours from within

‘Touch to unlock’: this sensual video proves sexuality pours from within

Regolith: an immersive journey into the sound and texture of urban life

Regolith: an immersive journey into the sound and texture of urban life

‘A mountain keeps an echo deep inside itself’: meet the artists pioneering plant-based sound

‘A mountain keeps an echo deep inside itself’: meet the artists pioneering plant-based sound

Tea cups and pickle jars: after moving to Uganda, one Russian photographer recaptures a sense of home

Tea cups and pickle jars: after moving to Uganda, one Russian photographer recaptures a sense of home

Hometown glory: can photography help us reconnect with the familiar?

Hometown glory: can photography help us reconnect with the familiar?

Young and isolated: a candid portrait of teenage anxiety in Russia’s closed towns under Covid-19

Young and isolated: a candid portrait of teenage anxiety in Russia’s closed towns under Covid-19

Flesh of flesh: the photographer shaping a new reality through ancient Russian rituals

Flesh of flesh: the photographer shaping a new reality through ancient Russian rituals

In a photo story set to a soundtrack, a photographer journeys through the site of ecological disaster 

In a photo story set to a soundtrack, a photographer journeys through the site of ecological disaster 

New Moscow: capturing non-places in the suburbs of the Russian capital

New Moscow: capturing non-places in the suburbs of the Russian capital

Cardinal sin: a photographic exploration of sexuality and religion

Cardinal sin: a photographic exploration of sexuality and religion

How one photographer uses fairytales to capture her Russian hometown on the brink of ecological disaster 

How one photographer uses fairytales to capture her Russian hometown on the brink of ecological disaster 

Fear and loathing in Siberia through the eyes of a rap video collective

Fear and loathing in Siberia through the eyes of a rap video collective

Changing Chelyabinsk: the search for happiness in Russia’s ‘most depressing city’

Changing Chelyabinsk: the search for happiness in Russia’s ‘most depressing city’

A photographer’s darkly comic testimony to Moscow’s ignored radioactive crisis

A photographer’s darkly comic testimony to Moscow’s ignored radioactive crisis

Build it and they will come: the congregation who created their own church in a former train carriage

Build it and they will come: the congregation who created their own church in a former train carriage

Into the woods: the Russian photographer seeking ancient knowledge with deep matriarchal roots

Into the woods: the Russian photographer seeking ancient knowledge with deep matriarchal roots

Life in the fallout zone: capturing the traces of the Soviet space industry through those living in its shadow

Life in the fallout zone: capturing the traces of the Soviet space industry through those living in its shadow

Skateboarding in Shambala: photos from a whirlwind summer ride through Russia’s alpine lakes and Siberian borderlands

Skateboarding in Shambala: photos from a whirlwind summer ride through Russia’s alpine lakes and Siberian borderlands

Forever alone in Russia’s smallest town

Forever alone in Russia’s smallest town

One photographer’s quest to document Moscow’s landfill hills

One photographer’s quest to document Moscow’s landfill hills

The Russian dacha as a state of mind: what the Soviet country house means for the young, in photos

The Russian dacha as a state of mind: what the Soviet country house means for the young, in photos

A line in the sand: snapshots of life in Kalmykia, Europe’s only man-made desert

A line in the sand: snapshots of life in Kalmykia, Europe’s only man-made desert

Lost in time, a band of punk knights throw a gothic party in modern Moscow

Lost in time, a band of punk knights throw a gothic party in modern Moscow

Poisoned beauty: inside the former closed town next to one of Russia’s largest nuclear power plants

Poisoned beauty: inside the former closed town next to one of Russia’s largest nuclear power plants

A pagan matriarchy in the Russian North clings to fading traditions 

A pagan matriarchy in the Russian North clings to fading traditions 

Boyhood: life in a patriotic, male-only school in Russia’s isolated Far East — in photos 

Boyhood: life in a patriotic, male-only school in Russia’s isolated Far East — in photos 

Feast in the clouds: capturing a season of eternal weddings in a Dagestani village

Feast in the clouds: capturing a season of eternal weddings in a Dagestani village

Hopes and high rises: journeying through New Moscow

Hopes and high rises: journeying through New Moscow

River under earth: capturing Russia’s hidden pagan past and present

River under earth: capturing Russia’s hidden pagan past and present

The wrestlers proving that sometimes, the battlefield is the only way to find common ground

The wrestlers proving that sometimes, the battlefield is the only way to find common ground

12 hours of freedom: the story behind Russia’s first queer biennale

12 hours of freedom: the story behind Russia’s first queer biennale

How Russia’s Gen Z artists are responding to the climate crisis 

How Russia’s Gen Z artists are responding to the climate crisis 

Dragzina: join the queer artists claiming Russia’s summer houses as their own

Dragzina: join the queer artists claiming Russia’s summer houses as their own

Delivery drivers are the unsung heroes of our time. This video puts them centre stage

Delivery drivers are the unsung heroes of our time. This video puts them centre stage

A visual diary of a Russian river, providing direction in moments of doubt

A visual diary of a Russian river, providing direction in moments of doubt

Landscapes of Siberia: finding humanity amid Russia's wild expanses

Landscapes of Siberia: finding humanity amid Russia’s wild expanses

History in ink: Russia’s first tattoo archive celebrates ancient traditions

History in ink: Russia’s first tattoo archive celebrates ancient traditions

Home truths: finding the intimate and personal in Moscow’s mundane housing blocks

Home truths: finding the intimate and personal in Moscow’s mundane housing blocks

Fenced out: a look at the landscapes that divide us

Fenced out: a look at the landscapes that divide us

‘Argue with me’: the Russian artist taking to the streets to break cycles of violence

‘Argue with me’: the Russian artist taking to the streets to break cycles of violence

Inspired by the buzz of crickets, this computer-generated landscape will bring you instant calm

Inspired by the buzz of crickets, this computer-generated landscape will bring you instant calm

The story behind the world’s loneliest video game and the birth of ‘post-Soviet sad 3D’

The story behind the world’s loneliest video game and the birth of ‘post-Soviet sad 3D’

This Skype photo series shows hope still blooms in locked down Moscow

This Skype photo series shows hope still blooms in locked down Moscow

Beasts of the Northern wild: coming face to face with nature in one Russian village

Beasts of the Northern wild: coming face to face with nature in one Russian village

The Watchlist: Aquarela is an impressive testimony of the indomitable forces of nature

The Watchlist: Aquarela is an impressive testimony of the indomitable forces of nature

Return to Vorkuta: one photographer revisits his childhood in a crumbling gulag town

Return to Vorkuta: one photographer revisits his childhood in a crumbling gulag town

From tattoos to typography, meet the Siberian artists mixing satire and style

From tattoos to typography, meet the Siberian artists mixing satire and style

Russia’s Korean community has been a quiet force for decades. Now they’re standing up

Russia’s Korean community has been a quiet force for decades. Now they’re standing up

Meet the photographic talent that call Siberia home | Part I

Meet the photographic talent that call Siberia home | Part I

Homecoming: the young photographer reconnecting with the roots of Russia’s indigenous Mari people

Homecoming: the young photographer reconnecting with the roots of Russia’s indigenous Mari people

Guitars and the grind: stories from Siberia’s fractured DIY music scene

Guitars and the grind: stories from Siberia’s fractured DIY music scene

This post punk video on anti-consumerism is strange but wonderful essential viewing

This post punk video on anti-consumerism is strange but wonderful essential viewing

Go into the woods with Kedr Livanskiy in this enchanting take on Sleeping Beauty

Go into the woods with Kedr Livanskiy in this enchanting take on Sleeping Beauty

Meet the artist inventing a new language to merge the natural and non-human worlds 

Meet the artist inventing a new language to merge the natural and non-human worlds 

Science, religion and fake history collide in this mind-expanding art video

Science, religion and fake history collide in this mind-expanding art video