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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A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander Skobov for 16 years on Friday after convicting him of "justifying terrorism," the Prosecutor General's ...

By Clare Nuttall in Almaty In the changing world order, Kazakhstan continues to pursue the multi-vector foreign policy that ...

Meanwhile, the launch of the inaugural Bukhara Biennial later this year will mark a pivotal moment in the country’s emergence ...

A woman’s face emerges from the many exposed layers of plaster. The cheeks have lost their glow. The crack that cuts through ...

Sometimes I want to recreate the paintings I left behind,” said Artsiv Lalayan, one of tens of thousands of Armenians displaced by Azerbaijan, “but it’s impossible to recreate what you’ve lost.” ...

Sofia Gubaidulina’s work, with its thorniness and religious themes, put her at odds with the Soviet government.

Patrick Swygert, president of the University of the State of New York, at Black Dimensions in Art’s Celebrity Auction and Tea. (James Goolsby/Times Union archive) Margaret Cunningham ...

ALLIANCE – The Sally Otto Gallery at the University of Mount Union will feature the annual Student Art Exhibit March 20 through April 10. An artists’ reception is scheduled on March 20 from 4 to 6 p.m ...