analysis

Speculative research by artist disthene devoted to experiences of female workers of peat production in the USSR

Article by a feminist decolonial researcher Shaxrizoda Ergasheva on the history of evaporation of the Aral Sea

Political scientist Aida Amangeldina sheds light on the threat of desertification of the Caspian Sea, outlining strategies for countries facing imminent ecological disaster

Intertwining decolonial, environmental and feminist activisms and studies

On environmental consequences of the soviet project in the countries of Central Asia, Southern Caucasus, and Eastern Europe. November—December 2023

Social researcher Anna Kalinina discusses the key features of organizational practices and principles of the protest against the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Alik Pukhaev’s essay about the situation with the Ossetic, Adyghe, Karachay-Balkar, and other languages

Researchers Alexandra Biktimirova and Anastasia Karkotskaya explore Tatarstan’s multiculturalism policy, analyzing its effectiveness and the reasons behind its development

O. T. analyzes “The Problem of Territories under the Forced Displacements of the XXI Century” by Nikolai Bugai, a book meant to be a complete history of the Soviet forced displacements and breaks down Bugai's imperial mindset, which affects his assessment of the displacements and their consequences

Jeanna Kolesova traces the history of symbolic manipulations around the victory in World War II from the beginning of the Putin regime to the present day and asks: how did the sacralization of that war normalize the current one?

A breakdown of the notion of decoloniality, historical examples, and the distinction between decolonization and separatism