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Why can you buy German bread in Kazakhstan?
A story of mass movements throughout Central Asia, by Nikolai Klassen. Not only is Russia a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma: fragments of the puzzle are also replicated and recapitulated throughout Central Asia, with the five ‘stans’ all bearing idiosyncrasies that point to a past as rich and unpredictable as the present.…
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Creative Bishkek: Ulan Djaparov
CAF interviews Ulan Djaparov, the godfather of contemporary art in post-Soviet Bishkek.
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Manas, Memory, and the Making of the Kyrgyz National Myth
How one epic poem has defined Kyrgyz identity.