The USSR Is Gone, the Story Isn’t: Joe Luc Barnes On the Road Across the Former Soviet Union - The Times Of Central Asia On a foggy but mild London evening, The Times of Central Asia joined journalist and contributor Joe Luc Barnes to celebrate the launch of his new book,

Latest from our Ola's Kool Kitchen Georgian wine Armenian brandy and the ghosts of empire Joe Luc Barnes travels the former USSR to tell the human story of life after Soviet rule https://ow.ly/pvhc50YqbSI #CentralAsia #USSR #TravelWriting #History #PostSoviet #TravelStories

The USSR Is Gone, the Story Isn’t: Joe Luc Barnes On the Road Across the Former Soviet Union - The Times Of Central Asia On a foggy but mild London evening, The Times of Central Asia joined journalist and contributor Joe Luc Barnes to celebrate the launch of his new book,  A

My latest for @timesca.com vodka, gulags, and Silk Road cities @joelucbarnes.bsky.social travels the former Soviet world to ask what happened after empire timesca.com/the-ussr-is-... #CentralAsia #USSR #PostSoviet #TravelWriting #Geopolitics #NewBook

25.01.2026.
Part 9.

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1950s.
Stalinist Empire style.
Building 111/113

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #sovietmonumentalclassicism #stalinistnoeclassicism

25.01.2026.
Part 8.

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1950s.
Stalinist Empire style.
Building 111.

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #sovietmonumentalclassicism #stalinistnoeclassicism

25.01.2026.
Part 7.

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1950s.
Stalinist Empire style.
Building 111.

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #sovietmonumentalclassicism #stalinistnoeclassicism

The Language Nobody Wants to Speak About: Russian’s Uneasy Place in Central Asia’s Cultural Conversation - The Times Of Central Asia Rhetoric in segments of the Russian media has sharpened debates over sovereignty and influence across Central Asia, pushing these concerns beyond policy

My latest for @timesca.com as Central Asia rethinks Moscow’s influence Russian declines symbolically but still dominates the region’s cultural bureaucracy and art world infrastructure timesca.com/the-language... #CentralAsia #LanguagePolitics #Culture #PostSoviet #Identity

25.01.2026.
Part 6.

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1950s.
Stalinist Empire style.

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #sovietmonumentalclassicism #stalinistnoeclassicism

25.01.2026.
Part 5.

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1950s.
Stalinist Empire style.
Shelter -> building 113.

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #sovietmonumentalclassicism #stalinistnoeclassicism

25.01.2026.
Part 4.

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1950s.
Stalinist Empire style.
Building 109 -> shelter.

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #sovietmonumentalclassicism #stalinistnoeclassicism

25.01.2026.
Part 3.

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1950s.
Stalinist Empire style.
Building 109.

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #sovietmonumentalclassicism #stalinistnoeclassicism

25.01.2026.
Part 2.

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1950s.
Stalinist Empire style.
Building 109.

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #sovietmonumentalclassicism #stalinistnoeclassicism

25.01.2026.
Part 1.

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1950s.
Stalinist Empire style.

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #sovietmonumentalclassicism #stalinistnoeclassicism

#ANCA #Armenia #ArmenianApostolicChurch #Caucasus #ChristianChurch #Christianity #ChurchAndState #Etchmiadzin #FaithUnderFire #FreedomOfReligion #Hayastan #MotherSee #NationalChurch #Pashinyan #PoliticalCrisis #PostSoviet #PublicOrthodoxy #ReligiousFreedom #SaveEtchmiadzin #StandWithArmenia (7/8)

Abandoned apartment buildings.
Years of construction- 1931 - 1932s.
Constructivism

#stalker #abandoned #urban #urbex #postsoviet #constructivism

Moldova moves to withdraw from Russia-led CIS Moldova is shifting away from post-Soviet multilateral structures as it accelerates integration with European institutions with the aim of entering the EU in 2028.

Moldova is shifting away from post-Soviet multilateral structures as it accelerates integration with European institutions with the aim of entering the EU in 2028. Bne IntelliNews #Moldova #CIS #PostSoviet #EUIntegration #EuropeanUnion

#ChristianEthics #ChurchAndState #DayOfMercy #Fordham #HumanRights #MoralCourage #MoscowPatriarchate #OrthodoxChurch #PatriarchKirill #PoliticalPrisoners #PostSoviet #PrisonMinistry #PrisonersOfConscience #PublicOrthodoxy #Putin #ROC #ROCOR #RussianChurch #SelectiveMercy #SergeiChapnin

Art by Leonid Sokov; The meeting of the two sculptures, 1994

I'm getting ready for an event about Giacometti, and wondering what specific ideological reasons made it impossible for Giacometti to be shown in the USSR? Do any of my #postSoviet scholar friends know or have a guess?

Art by Leonid Sokov; The meeting of the two sculptures, 1994

Should we check with #Krasnov on this?
Or would that be redundant…
#Moldova #Russia #Geopolitics #EU #PostSoviet

🏴 New Substack: Transnistria: The Ghost State Behind the Curtain
A Cold War leftover that refuses to die.

Soviet nostalgia as governance

Russian troops in a country that doesn’t exist

Frozen conflict, hot stakes

📍 Moldova
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✍️ Transnistria: The Ghost State Behind the Curtain A Cold War leftover that still shapes Europe’s present

🏴 New Substack: Transnistria: The Ghost State Behind the Curtain
A Cold War leftover that refuses to die.

Soviet nostalgia as governance

Russian troops in a country that doesn’t exist

Frozen conflict, hot stakes

📍 Moldova

#Geopolitics #Transnistria #Russia #NATO #GhostStates #PostSoviet

#Russia #postSoviet #Putin #MichaelBurleigh

Reminder: This week, Constitutional Studies convenes leading scholars to assess the #StateoftheField, providing a sweeping view of #constitutionalchange, the evolution of #constitutionalsystems and #court impacts in #Africa, #Asia, #Oceania and #postSoviet states. Register at tinyurl.com/yc86ra7u.

Constitutional Studies convenes leading scholars to assess the state of the field, providing a sweeping view of #constitutionalchange in recent decades, the evolution of #constitutionalsystems, and #court impacts in #Africa, #Asia, #Oceania and #postSoviet states.

Register at tinyurl.com/yc86ra7u.

Post-Soviet Economies: 30 Years of Change 📊
Baltics 🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻 lead with EU integration, Caucasus 🇬🇪🇦🇲🇦🇿 booming fast.
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 is #1 in CIS, while Russia 🇷🇺, Belarus 🇧🇾 & Ukraine 🇺🇦 lost ground.
Winners & laggards defined by reforms.

#PostSoviet #Economy #GDP #DataViz #Referrals

#Adaptation #Christianity #ChurchHistory #Conservatism #EasternOrthodoxy #Ecumenism #FaithCrisis #Fundamentalism #GenerationZ #GenerationalDivide #Georgia #GeorgianOrthodox #GlobalOrthodoxy #HumanRights #Interfaith #ModernTheology #OrthodoxChurch #PoliticalTheology #PostSoviet #ProgressiveFaith

No Kremlin Needed: Peace Breaks Out in Post-Soviet Eurasia - The Times Of Central Asia The post-Soviet space is no longer post-Soviet, at least not politically. From the Pamirs to the Caucasus, states are reconsidering boundaries, making peace,

Post-Soviet states are resolving conflicts without Moscow, marking a shift from Kremlin-led mediation to regional and Western diplomacy timesca.com/no-kremlin-n... #Geopolitics #PostSoviet #Diplomacy #PostSovietStates #Russia

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Post-Soviet Skyline.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Привет Фотоgraphy 2024.

#privetfotog #mongolia #ulaanbaatar #postsoviet #travel #travelphotography #skyline #cityscape #ub #mongol #postsoviet