Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future
A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.
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Russia’s Typhoon-class Submarine Is Now a Museum
The submarine’s massive size and quiet operation—owing to advanced sound-dampening technologies—made it a formidable ghost in ...
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P-51 Mustang: An American Icon
The combination of speed, range, and armament made the P-51 Mustang one of the most versatile platforms of the Second World ...
I was the only tourist in Europe’s least visited country – it was 24C in March, friendly and painfully cheap
MY flight hadn’t even taken off before one of the country’s residents, a passenger in the neighbouring seat, asked why in the ...
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Tashkent’s CCA Aims to Anchor a New Era in Uzbek Contemporary Art
Meanwhile, the launch of the inaugural Bukhara Biennial later this year will mark a pivotal moment in the country’s emergence ...
The Rare Sight That Garnered Crowds At Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport
The An-124 is the little brother of the An-225 (a decade ago, on July 2, 2014, the An-225 was also in Minnesota). The ...
Why Helsinki Is Worth Visiting for the Architecture Alone
With its radical buildings by Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, the Finnish capital is one of Europe’s most fascinating, if ...
Why Was The USAAF P-39 Airacobra Not Sent To Europe During WW2?
The Bell P-39 Airacobra was a fighter primarily produced by US-based aerospace manufacturer Bell Aircraft for the United ...
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The ‘Krasnogorsk Cutlet’: Solving the mirror mystery of early Zenit-Es
E’s, serial number66002905, which helped kill the mirror myth (Pic: Roman Yarovitsyn) By Roman Yarovitsyn It is widely considered that the most famous Soviet 35 mm ...