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Open Central Asian Photo Archives: A Visual History of the Region in Private Collections

  • April 19, 2021
On March 7, 2021 the Open Central Asian Photo Archives/Открытый Центральноазиатский Фотоархив (https://ca-photoarchives.net/) opened. An exciting project is open to all potential collectors who would like to share photos of…
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From Stalinabad to Dushanbe: How Has the City Changed? An Interview with Gafur Shermatov

  • March 25, 2021
Since 2010, Tajik historian and journalist Gafur Shermatov has been writing a column entitled “Old Town” for the online news site “Asia-Plus” in which he covers issues related to the…
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  • 4 min
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Urban Planning in Bukhara in the Early Post-Revolutionary Years

  • February 24, 2021
The bombing of Bukhara in 1920 by Bolshevik troops under the command of Mikhail Frunze marked the beginning of the destruction of old urban space in the city. The Ark…
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  • 11 min
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Along the Route of Samuil Dudin’s Expedition: Clothing, Yurt and Decorative-Applied Art of the Kazakhs of the late 19th Century

  • February 3, 2021
A talented ethnographer, photographer, traveler, collector, artist, and researcher of the history and culture of Central Asia, Samuil Dudin (1863-1929) made his first expedition in 1891. Dudin was a participant…
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  • 9 min
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Ali Shir Navayi and the Rich World of Turkic-Persian Poetry. An Interview with Nicholas Walmsley

  • July 3, 2020
Ali Shir Navayi born in 1441 in Herat, was a Turkic poet, writer, politician, linguist, and mystic, who was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature. He lived in the Timurid…
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    Tajik Gahvora: Harmful Tradition or Useful Childrearing Device?
    • 09.12.20
    • 6 min
    • Society
    Mosque Diplomacy in Central Asia: Geopolitics Beginning with the Mihrab
    • 16.12.20
    • 9 min
    • Travel
    Traveling in Central Asia. Helpful Tips from Christian Bleuer
    • 23.12.20
    • 7 min
    • MOZAIKA
    Uzbek Dance Goes Virtual with the 17th Central Asian Dance Camp
    • 23.12.20
    • 10 min
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  • 17 min
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Panjikent, the Central Asian Pompeii. An Interview with Pavel Lurje

  • May 7, 2020
Interview with Pavel Lurje Head of the Sector of Central Asia, Caucasus and Crimea, Senior Research Fellow of the Oriental Department of the State Hermitage Museum, head of the Panjikent Expedition.Dr.…
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  • 7 min
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Сarpet Propaganda: From Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan. The “Echo of Soviet Azerbaijan” Exhibition

  • February 28, 2020
The State Museum of Oriental Art of Russia, in cooperation with the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum (ANCM), is holding an exhibition called “Echo of Soviet Azerbaijan. Carpet. Embroidery. Poster.” The…
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  • 9 min
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Petroglyphs of Kazakhstan

  • February 14, 2020
Author Alan Georgievich Medoev (1934-1980) Alan Medoev was born in Leningrad in 1934. In the 1960-1980s he guided archaeological teams and expeditions in the field; he discovered and explored the…
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  • 8 min
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ALZHIR – A Place of Remembrance

  • January 31, 2020
Situated in the center of Kazakhstan, ALZHIR (Акмолинский лагерь жен изменников родины, “the Akmola camp of wives of traitors to the homeland”) was a notorious prison for thousands of women…
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The Mystery of Kyrk-Kyz: From 40 Women-Warriors to the Warriors of Light

  • January 16, 2020
A mysterious castle in Uzbekistan’s Surhandarya bears the name of Kyrk-Kyz, meaning “40 girls.” Was this a sanctuary of legendary women-warriors, or was it home to a group of Sufi…
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    • Culture
    Tajik Gahvora: Harmful Tradition or Useful Childrearing Device?
    • 09.12.20
    • 6 min
    • Society
    Mosque Diplomacy in Central Asia: Geopolitics Beginning with the Mihrab
    • 16.12.20
    • 9 min
    • Travel
    Traveling in Central Asia. Helpful Tips from Christian Bleuer
    • 23.12.20
    • 7 min
    • MOZAIKA
    Uzbek Dance Goes Virtual with the 17th Central Asian Dance Camp
    • 23.12.20
    • 10 min
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  • 12 min
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Destructing Soviet Architecture in Central Asia

  • December 13, 2019
Soviet architecture in Central Asia, as the name tells, is a fusion of Soviet modernity with traditional Central Asian culture that remains remarkable to this day. Persian and Islamic motifs…
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  • 10 min
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Deciphering the Saukele: The Traditional Headdress of Kazakh Brides

  • November 21, 2019
English transcript of the video presentation belowToday I am going to talk about one particular type of traditional Kazakh clothing: the headdress of a bride, called a saukele.Voronina-Utkina A.A. Watercolor.…
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How they met Tamara Khanum in London and the secret of Usto Olim Komilov’s turban

  • October 22, 2019
Tamara Khanum and her musicians, Credit: Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Cecil Sharp House, London, 1935 Author Rosa Vercoe is an independent dance researcher and blogger. She is based in St…
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