Latest from our @[email protected] Central Asia’s May holidays still carry Soviet memories, but each country is giving them a new national meaning https://ow.ly/t71A50YTywE #VictoryDay #WorldWarII #MemoryPolitics #SovietHistory #Geopolitics #CentralAsia #SovietLegacy #PostSoviet #NationalIdentity

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Victory, Memory, and Moscow: Central Asia’s Changing May Calendar - The Times Of Central Asia

Kazakhstan marks People’s Unity Day on May 1, Defenders’ Day on May 7, and Victory Day on May 9. Kyrgyzstan has a May calendar built around Labor Day,

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Those who know what it is. They just know.
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Been learning about Tatar culture from Eli from Russia on YouTube tonight. It's got me thinking — I'm not planning to visit all 15 former Soviet republics because of politics. I'm going for the people. The Russians, the Tatars, all the ethnic groups I'm still discovering.

Raw, quirky, high in spirit — that imperfect side of the world keeps pulling me back. Maybe they just wanted to be included in the West and never got the chance.

#Travel #PostSoviet #TatarCulture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCgN2EY-44g

Who are the Tatars? | Largest ethnic minority in Russia

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Moldova has now set its exit from the CIS in motion, underscoring how the post-Soviet space is continuing to fragment https://ow.ly/9nvY50YGFrx #Moldova #CIS #CentralAsia #PostSoviet #Europe #PostSovietSpace #CISExit #EasternEurope

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Moldova Moves to Leave CIS as Post-Soviet Bloc Loses Another Member - The Times Of Central Asia

Moldova’s parliament approved, in final reading on April 2, the country’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), with 60 deputies

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Moldova has now set its exit from the CIS in motion, underscoring how the post-Soviet space is continuing to fragment https://timesca.com/moldova-moves-to-leave-cis-as-post-soviet-bloc-loses-another-member/ #Moldova #CIS #CentralAsia #PostSoviet #Europe #PostSovietSpace #CISExit #EasternEurope
La gente estaba pidiendo una nueva actualización de moda post sovietica
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Latest from our @[email protected] Georgian wine Armenian brandy and the ghosts of empire Joe Luc Barnes travels the former USSR to tell the human story of life after Soviet rule https://ow.ly/pvhc50YqbSI #CentralAsia #USSR #TravelWriting #History #PostSoviet #TravelStories

The USSR Is Gone, the Story Is...
The USSR Is Gone, the Story Isn’t: Joe Luc Barnes On the Road Across the Former Soviet Union - The Times Of Central Asia

On a foggy but mild London evening, The Times of Central Asia joined journalist and contributor Joe Luc Barnes to celebrate the launch of his new book,

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Latest from @olaskoolkitchen our Georgian wine Armenian brandy and the ghosts of empire Joe Luc Barnes travels the former USSR to tell the human story of life after Soviet rule https://timesca.com/the-ussr-is-gone-the-story-isnt-joe-luc-barnes-on-the-road-across-the-former-soviet-union/ #CentralAsia #USSR #TravelWriting #History #PostSoviet #TravelStories
The USSR Is Gone, the Story Isn’t: Joe Luc Barnes On the Road Across the Former Soviet Union - The Times Of Central Asia

On a foggy but mild London evening, The Times of Central Asia joined journalist and contributor Joe Luc Barnes to celebrate the launch of his new book,

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My latest for@[email protected] vodka, gulags, and Silk Road cities Joe Luc Barnes travels the former Soviet world to ask what happened after empire https://timesca.com/the-ussr-is-gone-the-story-isnt-joe-luc-barnes-on-the-road-across-the-former-soviet-union/ #CentralAsia #USSR #PostSoviet #TravelWriting #Geopolitics #NewBook