Lenin Teeters Across Central Asia
The fad for dismantling Lenin statues across Central Asia is continuing apace.Privately owned Kazakh television station KTK reported this week that authorities in the central town of Karaganda have...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Tashkent Continues to Dismantle Soviet Past
Tashkent has long worked hard to erase Uzbekistan’s Soviet legacy. But the process, it seems, is far from complete. Authorities have ordered another 240 street and place names in the Uzbek capital...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Exhibition Casts New Light on Chilling Stalinist Past
A new art exhibition in Almaty takes a fresh look at Kazakhstan’s grim totalitarian past, with contemporary artists offering a personal touch as they illustrate the Stalinist repressions that...
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