Almaty Youth on the Future of the Kazakh Alphabet
Over breakfast in my apartment in Almaty, some friends and I were discussing the news. After covering everything from state visits to trade deals, I cautiously brought up the new…
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August 2018
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The Art of the First Pyatiletka in Bukhara
During the first two “pyatiletka” (five-year plans) (1928-1937), Central Asian artists felt tremendous creative freedom and were bold enough to represent themselves “with brush strokes”—that is, in art. Owing to…
Victoria Clement on Learning to Become Turkmen
Author Victoria Clement Victoria Clement is Eurasia Regional Analyst with Professional Solutions at the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning, Marine Corps University in Quantico, VA. Her research focuses on…