The Post-Soviet World Archives

08 Jun

McDonalds is now called DonMak and Starbucks is now Starducks. The breakaway Ukrainian territories, of all places, could become the mod...

08 Jun

With their rapprochement to the EU, the Ukrainians believed they were embarking on the path to a prosperous future. But they underestim...

08 Jun

For centuries, the Central Asian expanse has been characterized by a wide variety of ethnicities, cultures and traditions. Yet despite ...

08 Jun

After the break with communism, everything should have been different, a wave of optimism surged through the ex-Soviet world. But Armen...

08 Jun

For several years now, Russia has been increasingly turning away from the West, culminating in the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, whi...

08 Jun

As a result of the Ukraine War, the Buryats from Russia's Far East gained sad notoriety as the Kremlin's soldiers. Yet they are themsel...

24 Jan

While the world was shocked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin follows a far more sophisticated strategy: to gain control of ...

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