Voices On Cental Asia

Contemporary art

Art Bazar! A New Initiative for Central Asian Artists to Create An Online Marketplace for Contemporary Art

May 11, 2020

Author Diana T. Kudaibergenova Diana T. Kudaibergenova is a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the UKRI GCRF “COMPASS” project at the University of Cambridge. She studies different intersections of power relations…

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17 min

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

Fieldwork

The Image of the Snow Leopard in the Archaeological Records of Kazakhstan and its Instrumentalization in Modern-Day Political Agendas

April 24, 2020

This article examines the connection between how archaeological remains were excavated in the past to how such remains are dealt with in present day Kazakhstan. Special attention is given to…

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5 min

Current affairs

Central Asian Labor Migrants Amid Lockdown in Russia

April 21, 2020

As the world is now discussing the possible impact of the novel Coronavirus crisis on economies, societies, and lifestyles of people in a post-pandemic world, many Central Asian labor migrants…

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11 min

Culture

How Alerte Héritage Protects the Cultural Heritage of Central Asia

April 17, 2020

The cultural heritage of Central Asia is in serious danger due to the relative poverty of the population, the high levels of corruption, and the radical rewriting of history that…

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8 min

Current affairs

Central Asian Regimes and Power Transit Models: An Interview with Francisco Olmos

April 9, 2020

Modern Central Asian regimes remain autocratic, but are they to become hereditary quasi monarchies in the near future? At least the leaders of two countries – Tajikistan and Turkmenistan –…

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9 min

Culture

What do Theaters in Tajikistan Tell Us?

April 1, 2020

My recent visit to Tashkent (the capital of Uzbekistan) was marked by the exploration of several theaters. I saw two plays: The first, Zavtra (Tomorrow), was staged by Artyom Kim,…

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8 min

Nomads and Soviet Rule: Central Asia under Lenin and Stalin. An Interview with an Author

March 10, 2020

In his book, Nomads and Soviet Rule: Central Asia under Lenin and Stalin (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Alun Thomas examines the experiences of Kazakh and Kyrgyz nomads in the NEP (New…

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16 min

Culture

Ilkhom – Inspiration that Drew from “Stagnation”

March 4, 2020

The Ilkhom Theatre was started in 1976 as one of the experimental studios under the aegis of the Komsomol Youth organization, and in my master’s thesis,[1] I traced its transformation…

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7 min

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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10 min

Tajik Fashion and the Challenges of Achieving an International Breakthrough

February 17, 2020

Just recently, Tajikistan, with its rich aesthetic traditions, has seemingly made a breakthrough in the fashion arena with some great designers like Khurshed Sattorov (born in 1981), Nafisa Imronova (1991)…

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9 min

History

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

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…

Art Bazar! A New Initiative for Central Asian Artists to Create An Online Marketplace for Contemporary Art

Panjikent, the Central Asian Pompeii. An Interview with Pavel Lurje

The Image of the Snow Leopard in the Archaeological Records of Kazakhstan and its Instrumentalization in Modern-Day Political Agendas

Central Asian Labor Migrants Amid Lockdown in Russia

How Alerte Héritage Protects the Cultural Heritage of Central Asia

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A Brief History of Collecting Abr Clothing from Uzbekistan

Is Central Asia Moving Beyond Russia? An Interview with Johan Engvall

Why Is Job Insecurity So Widespread in Independent Uzbekistan?

Central Asian Regimes and Power Transit Models: An Interview with Francisco Olmos

What do Theaters in Tajikistan Tell Us?

Nomads and Soviet Rule: Central Asia under Lenin and Stalin. An Interview with an Author

Ilkhom – Inspiration that Drew from “Stagnation”

Сarpet Propaganda: From Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan. The “Echo of Soviet Azerbaijan” Exhibition

In case you missed it

A Brief History of Collecting Abr Clothing from Uzbekistan

Is Central Asia Moving Beyond Russia? An Interview with Johan Engvall

Why Is Job Insecurity So Widespread in Independent Uzbekistan?

Tajik Fashion and the Challenges of Achieving an International Breakthrough

Petroglyphs of Kazakhstan

ALZHIR – A Place of Remembrance