Wearable connections: the artists reclaiming Central Asia’s jewellery legacy
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Kazakhstan’s Medeu open-air stadium hosts one of the highest ice rinks in the world | Concrete Ideas
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Bishkek’s multi-faith wedding palace is a futuristic, grandiose atheist temple | Concrete Ideas
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        12 artworks that shaped Kyrgyzstan’s art scene for the past 30 years
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Qara Film Festival: Kazakh documentary film festival kicks off with award-winning programme 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Tashkent’s Chorsu Bazaar blends Islamic architecture with 20th-century modernism | Concrete Ideas
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Meet the Instagram fashionistas of Turkmenistan
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Bygone Days, the first Uzbek novel, is a political love story set in the colonial past | Calvert Reads
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        5 films that showcase the real Kazakhstan
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Uzbek author and journalist Hamid Ismailov appointed as Radio Liberty’s Central Asia Director
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Letter from the Pamirs: dreaming of an impossible garden in Tajikistan’s mountainous hinterland
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Lose yourself in the healing waters of this Soviet-era sanatorium in remote Kyrgyzstan | The Escapist 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        From Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan, this Insta account gives you a daily slice of life in Central Asia 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Empire state of mind: the legacy of the Russian Revolution in Central Asia
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        See Central Asia’s unique Soviet architecture in all its brutal glory 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        For the ice fishermen of Astana, braving -40C temperatures is just another part of the working day
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Letter from Bishkek: Soviet utopia meets postmodern charm in Kyrgyzstan’s garden city capital
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Who are you wearing?: from Russia to Central Asia, this label is putting the artisan first