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Village Life

Threads of the soul: these modern embroideries are an ode to womanhood

Follow of the week

Threads of the soul: these modern embroideries are an ode to womanhood

A bookshop in every village: how the late Soviets animated Moldovan rural life with books

Books

A bookshop in every village: how the late Soviets animated Moldovan rural life with books

Lost-and-found photos pull back the curtain on life in a Soviet Moldovan village

Lost-and-found photos pull back the curtain on life in a Soviet Moldovan village

These photographs give a glimpse into into the lives of Ceaușescu’s orphans, 30 years on

These photographs give a glimpse into into the lives of Ceaușescu’s orphans, 30 years on

Saving the ancient tightrope tradition of Dagestan

Saving the ancient tightrope tradition of Dagestan

Zofia Rydet: how one photographer produced an invaluable record of communist Poland

Women recollected

Zofia Rydet: how one photographer produced an invaluable record of communist Poland

Girl, interrupted: explore the struggles of small-town Poland through the eyes of a twelve-year-old

Girl, interrupted: explore the struggles of small-town Poland through the eyes of a twelve-year-old

Forget Brexit: these joyous photo stories remind us why it still feels good to be in the EU

Forget Brexit: these joyous photo stories remind us why it still feels good to be in the EU

Milkmaids of Belarus: an appreciation

Milkmaids of Belarus: an appreciation

Small town on the river: revisiting a peaceful corner of war-torn eastern Ukraine

Small town on the river: revisiting a peaceful corner of war-torn eastern Ukraine

In between days: coming of age in rural Latvia

In between days: coming of age in rural Latvia

Life lessons: watch this beautiful, melancholy short film from Azerbaijan

Art & Culture

Life lessons: watch this beautiful, melancholy short film from Azerbaijan

Houseguest: staying over on Sunny Street

Houseguest: staying over on Sunny Street

Street view: a virtual tour across Russia by remote camera

Street view: a virtual tour across Russia by remote camera

Girl's own: portraits from the Russian village that's no country for men

Girl’s own: portraits from the Russian village that’s no country for men

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