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Diego Benning Wang explains how Soviet Kazakhstan became a major institutional center of Uyghur language scholarship, showing that Uyghur intellectual heritage is deeply rooted in Kazakhstan [...]

Diego Benning Wang traces the music and contested legacy of Murat Nasyrov, the Uyghur pop icon whose mysterious death in 2007 continues to fuel speculation.

Diego Benning Wang examines how, despite the absence of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, clubs and players connected to the Caucasus give the region a modest but [...]

Diego Benning Wang examines how Cape Verde and Amílcar Cabral were portrayed in the Soviet press, showing how Moscow turned anti-colonial struggle into ideological propaganda while ignoring the [...]

Diego Benning Wang explores the overlooked legacy of Greek footballers from Soviet Central Asia, showing how displacement, exile and Stalinist deportations helped shape both Uzbek football [...]