Culture

“Not only is Manizha not Russian, but she’s not even a person, she’s… salt!” declared the professor, as he revealed the result of an experiment conducted on the pop star’s skeleton. The research [...]

Katherine Leung reviews the memoir of a refugee. My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinović.

Galina Rymbu’s poems employ history as a discursive tool to understand the present—stories of revolution, movement in time and space, life, and livelihood emerge. Review by Katherine Leung.

Martina Urbinati asks whether it still makes sense to speak of a post-Soviet cultural space? 

"The author’s passion for music and culture is enough for the novel to deliver a fascinating portrait of Kazak culture and a definitive record of the words between the music".

An open platform that seeks to challenge the negative connotations connected to laziness and women's lives. Amanda Sonesson interviewed the three young women behind Lazy Women.

For fans of reigning Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg, football sometimes seem more important than life and death. A few days before the last game, it was announced that supporters would not [...]

Patricia Manos introduces us to one of Russia's most famous 20th-century artists. A giant among giants, meet Vera Mukhina.

Aigerim Nurseitova guides us through a new generation of Central Asian artists who are striving to change society through their art and social media presence.

Andrei Konchalovsky’s latest feature film, Dear Comrades begins in June 1962 with a simple premise: the workers of Novochercassk are protesting and the local government is struggling to [...]