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New East Digital Archive

Queer Poland: how the country’s first virtual LGBTQIA museum is defying conservative times

Beyond the game: discover the hotspots, hidden highlights, and thriving cultural scenes of the host cities with this guide

New school: your guide to the 20 young Ukrainian artists vying for the nation’s top art prize

Home from home: Georgia’s ruined Soviet sanatoria and the displaced people who live there

Letter from Bishkek: Soviet utopia meets postmodern charm in Kyrgyzstan’s garden city capital

Cultural appreciation: Jahnkoy is driving a hybrid global style that we can all get behind

Nighthawks: the revellers of Almaty’s fierce new techno scene come out to play

Beautiful armour: meet the photographer unmasking youth in Kiev and Riga

Kolyma Stories: read Varlam Shalamov’s brutally moving fragments of life in Siberia’s gulags

Letter from the Danube Delta: discover the waterways and villages of Romania’s remotest corner

48 hours in Yekaterinburg: avant-garde architecture meets vibrant youth culture in this short film

48 hours in Sochi: explore Soviet seaside glamour and stunning nature in this short film

This is America: celebrating NYC’s diversity, one portrait at a time

Aslan Gaisumov: the Chechen artist confronting his country’s turbulent past

A war on many fronts: the story of Voina, the Russian artists who fell from grace

Baltic Triennial: explore this summer’s landmark art programme through the eyes of its curators

Letter from the Bay of Kotor: searching for authenticity in Montenegro’s tourist idyll

48 hours in Kazan: discover young Russia in our new documentary series

Kazan: your guide to the multicultural cool of Russia’s Tatar capital

Kaliningrad: your guide to the unique cultural identity of Russia’s forward-thinking Baltic outpost

By land and water: from sparkling lakes to towering peaks, make this summer a New East adventure

Samara: explore the natural beauty and serene ambiance of this riverside town

48 hours in Nizhny Novgorod: discover young Russia in our new documentary series

Letter from Goli Otok: I visited the ‘Croatian Alcatraz’ where my grandfather was imprisoned

Picture perfect: 5 photographers reveal their secrets for a winning photo story

48 hours in Volgograd: discover young Russia in our new documentary series

Playing with the past: reading the complex history of Yekaterinburg in its World Cup stadium

Nizhny Novgorod: old Russian elegance meets Soviet style and vibrant art on the banks of the Volga

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