Slowly discovering a national identity in between the opposing flows of traditionalism and globalisation, we spotlight five rappers ushering in a new era of hip-hop in Kazakhstan
Oct 22, 2024
The documentarian’s new series, Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone, is a dark and eerily familiar look at the collapse of the Soviet Union
Oct 21, 2022
The Untamed Fashion Assembly was a riotous celebration of non-commercial fashion and wild freedom with a DIY spirit
Aug 03, 2018
Hassan Kurbanbaev photographs Taskhent in Uzbekistan – where 60 per cent of its population is under 25
Apr 03, 2017
A collision of east and west, this just-opened show brings the chaotic energy of post-Soviet youth to New York
Mar 06, 2017
A generation of Russian and Ukranian musicians are proving that they can be inspired by Slavic chic and Soviet swag without the clichés
Jan 24, 2017
Igor Mukhin’s beautiful black and white photographs document the birth of a youth subculture in the USSR
Sep 01, 2016
The ‘music on ribs’ sold by dealers who bought X-rays from the back door of hospitals and pressed forbidden music onto them
Aug 03, 2016
Meet five of the female talents breaking ground in the former Soviet states through their portraits of youth, landscape and the everyday
Jul 01, 2015
Rediscovering the magazines that brought rave culture to kids living in the shadow of the Soviet collapse
Apr 14, 2015
A cross section of Communist and consumerism – browse the shop windows that sold everything from breast pumps in Budapest to selfies in Yugoslavia
Feb 20, 2015