New East Digital Archive

Uzbekistan

Letter from Bukhara: finding the last vestiges of community in Central Asia’s Jewish heartland

Letter from Bukhara: finding the last vestiges of community in Central Asia’s Jewish heartland

Logomania: a photo project explores what’s behind Uzbekistan’s obsession with Western luxury

Logomania: a photo project explores what’s behind Uzbekistan’s obsession with Western luxury

Explore Uzbekistan’s greatest landmark — via Minecraft

Explore Uzbekistan’s greatest landmark — via Minecraft

Tashkent’s Chorsu Bazaar blends Islamic architecture with 20th-century modernism | Concrete Ideas

Tashkent’s Chorsu Bazaar blends Islamic architecture with 20th-century modernism | Concrete Ideas

Punk Orientalism: how the art of rebellion in Central Asia is challenging the scars of the Soviet past

Punk Orientalism: how the art of rebellion in Central Asia is challenging the scars of the Soviet past

Waiting For The Sea is a documentary finding new perspectives amid the ruins of Uzbekistan’s Aral Sea

Waiting For The Sea is a documentary finding new perspectives amid the ruins of Uzbekistan’s Aral Sea

Art in the Aral Sea: can craft help heal community living through ecological catastrophe?

Art in the Aral Sea: can craft help heal community living through ecological catastrophe?

Daring photos show womanhood and forbidden love in contemporary Uzbekistan

Daring photos show womanhood and forbidden love in contemporary Uzbekistan

Misha: the tragic story of the Uzbek-Korean soccer star who became a Soviet icon

Misha: the tragic story of the Uzbek-Korean soccer star who became a Soviet icon

‘Loneliness is the poet’s friend:’ 6 new poems from Uzbek writers

‘Loneliness is the poet’s friend:’ 6 new poems from Uzbek writers

Ripoff fashion ruled Eastern Europe's label-hungry 90s. Why are designers celebrating it now?

Ripoff fashion ruled Eastern Europe’s label-hungry 90s. Why are designers celebrating it now?

Tashkent's first documentary photo gallery is striking out into new and untested waters

Tashkent’s first documentary photo gallery is striking out into new and untested waters

As Uzbekistan undergoes a cultural thaw, the country’s top comedians are grabbing their chance

As Uzbekistan undergoes a cultural thaw, the country’s top comedians are grabbing their chance

J.Kim combines Uzbek, Korean and Russian traditions with an elegant, modern twist

J.Kim combines Uzbek, Korean and Russian traditions with an elegant, modern twist

Take delight in these heartwarming, historical photos of Uzbekistan

Take delight in these heartwarming, historical photos of Uzbekistan

Koryo-Saram in America: meet the Korean-Uzbeks who fled prejudice in Russia and made Brooklyn their home 

Koryo-Saram in America: meet the Korean-Uzbeks who fled prejudice in Russia and made Brooklyn their home 

 Sleighing it: the ultimate Calvert gift guide for a cosy and concrete-inspired Christmas

Sleighing it: the ultimate Calvert gift guide for a cosy and concrete-inspired Christmas

Russian photographer wins Wellcome Photo Prize with project on depression

Russian photographer wins Wellcome Photo Prize with project on depression

Unravel Uzbekistan’s rich and varied past with vibrant archive photos

Unravel Uzbekistan’s rich and varied past with vibrant archive photos

How one Russian rock concert transformed into an international movement against domestic abuse

How one Russian rock concert transformed into an international movement against domestic abuse