New East Digital Archive

Soviet Union

Gimme shelter: Jonathan Meades hails the brutal charm of the Soviet bus stop

Gimme shelter: Jonathan Meades hails the brutal charm of the Soviet bus stop

Postcards from the east: Owen Hatherley on the art of everyday communist life

Postcards from the east: Owen Hatherley on the art of everyday communist life

No logo: window shopping through the Iron Curtain

No logo: window shopping through the Iron Curtain

Game developers behind War Thunder collaborate on film about 1941 defence of Moscow

Game developers behind War Thunder collaborate on film about 1941 defence of Moscow

Stalling careers: how a generation of Russian intellectuals became market traders

Stalling careers: how a generation of Russian intellectuals became market traders

Sixth sense: why business is booming for Russia’s psychics

Sixth sense: why business is booming for Russia’s psychics

Soviet block: reading history through one Stalinist building

Soviet block: reading history through one Stalinist building

Paradise lost? The enduring legacy of a Soviet-era utopian workers' district

Paradise lost? The enduring legacy of a Soviet-era utopian workers’ district

Stock-in-trade: why Russian villains are still popular culture’s favourite bad guys

Stock-in-trade: why Russian villains are still popular culture’s favourite bad guys

USSR redux: from art to food and film, how Russia fell back in love with the Soviet past

USSR redux: from art to food and film, how Russia fell back in love with the Soviet past

Peer-to-peer: will the sharing economy movement win friends in Russia?

Peer-to-peer: will the sharing economy movement win friends in Russia?

Raging in the cold: the Siberian punk who changed the face of Russian music

Raging in the cold: the Siberian punk who changed the face of Russian music

The rebels: 40 years ago today an underground exhibition changed the face of art in Russia forever

The rebels: 40 years ago today an underground exhibition changed the face of art in Russia forever

Sweet dreams: how foreign candy conquered Russia

Sweet dreams: how foreign candy conquered Russia

Beauty and the east: allure and exploitation in post-Soviet ruin photography

Beauty and the east: allure and exploitation in post-Soviet ruin photography

Curious incidents: the adventures of Sherlock Holmes in Russia

Curious incidents: the adventures of Sherlock Holmes in Russia

Maximum city: the vast urban planning projects of Soviet-era Russia are being reborn in modern China

Maximum city: the vast urban planning projects of Soviet-era Russia are being reborn in modern China

Safe havens: celebrating Russia's threatened Soviet museums

Safe havens: celebrating Russia’s threatened Soviet museums