Translation of TajikVoice’s post (RUS)
Last month, the Tajik capital pompously hosted a conference on water.
The full, pompous title of the conference was “High Level International Conference on the Mid-term Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of …

Translation of Mashrab’s post (RUS)
A great art show is taking place in Tashkent. It is being held on the square in front of the Alisher Navoi Academic Theater, against the backdrop of one of the …

Translation of Mashrab’s post (RUS)
I was walking on Mustakillik Square (formerly Independence Square, formerly Red Square) and, to my luck, caught a cool evening sunset in the Uzbek capital.
I’m posting some pictures I took with …

Translation of mursya’s post (RUS)
It’s a bold title, but there is reason to be proud!
Last week Zurich celebrated the national ZüriFäscht holiday (see my report for a Swiss newspaper). A crowd of some 2 million …

Translation of Sadenova’s post (RUS)
There’s something about us. We don’t follow directions well – worse than in America.
There, if you have a problem of some sort, you get a set of instructions and …

Translation of megakhuimyak’s post (RUS)
Some people don’t understand how Kazakh society is organized. Generally speaking, it is similar to how Simon Kordonskii described Russia – estate-based. That is, one’s position in society is based on …

Translation of Mirsulzhan’s post (RUS)
Photo: Ferghana.ru
A beautiful young girl with tears in her eyes was following two policemen. She was wearing a headscarf and pushing a little cart with sunflower seeds and peanuts. It was …

Translation of Yodgor Norbutaev’s post (RUS)
It has long been noted that among the prophets and messiahs that periodically emerge, the overwhelming majority are either idiots or charlatans. In ancient times, they were almost always stoned, …

Translation of Mirsulzhan‘s post (RUS)

The Dushanbe Airport, Photo: ponoramio
Dushanbe, like any other place in Central Asia, is a city where the human factor prevails over the rule of law. The Dushanbe Airport is no exception.
The …

Translation of Adam‘s post (RUS)
We continue our search for lost and forgotten symbols of a bygone era. In today’s issue:
The sign for the airline ticket office at the National Agricultural Exhibition Hall…

…and The Order of …