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Billboard of Nursultan Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan, 2015.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Democratization Shell Game
Pioneers Palace in Kiev, Ukraine
Ukrainian Architecture at War
a group of Ukrainian theatre performers on a stage
Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage
In this 1919 caricature, Ukrainians are surrounded by a Bolshevik (to the north, man with hat and red star), a Russian White Army soldier (to the east, with Russian eagle flag and a short whip), and to the west a Polish soldier, a Hungarian (in pink uniform) and two Romanian soldiers. Wikimedia Commons https://theconversation.com/ukraine-as-a-borderland-a-brief-history-of-ukraines-place-between-europe-and-russia-178168
Ukraine in War and Revolution
a ceremony in Ukraine
Soviet Ukraine in a Nutshell
UNR postcard (ca. 1918), Ukrainians face invading Russia. Caption: “Our enemies die like the dew in the sun and we brothers will rule in our turn.” From the author’s collection.
Ukrainian Independence: From Versailles 1 to Versailles 2
a man kneeling down near tributes to fallen heroes
Heroes Never Die: The Legacies of Euromaidan
a man harvesting wheat - Lviv, Ukraine 1991 Wheat Harvest on Collective Farm 1991 by Manhhai, Flickr, cc-by 2.0
Ukraine: The Breadbasket of Europe
Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Ukraine in a Nutshell
Actors in the Berezil troupe, 1922.
Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage
Emergency servicemen and volunteers remove rubble and demine territory after Russian shelling, Kyiv, Oblast, 2022.
Ukrainian Architecture at War
A group of Kyiv civilians gather in a basement downtown to make Molotov Cocktails to be used against Russian troops in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2022.
Ukraine in War and Revolution
A memorial to the Heaven’s Hundred in Kyiv. Serhii Kemsky’s photo is in black and white under the words Nebesna sotnia.
Heroes Never Die
A wheat field in Ukraine resembles the colors on the country's flag.
Ukraine: The Breadbasket of Europe
Ukrainian soldier with blue and yellow ribbon overlay
Understanding the War in Ukraine: Insights from the Recent Past, 1991—Present
Herd of horses on desert-steppe
A Postcard from Eastern Kazakhstan
A protestor in Minsk watches the August 2020 demonstrations.
History, Memory, and the Art of Protest in Belarus
Armenian protesters in April 2018.
Dispatches from the Armenian Revolution
The colorful buildings of Tirana, viewed from the steps of the National Museum.
A Postcard from Tirana: Overcoming the Past
We Are Our Mountains (Tatik u Papik) Monument, Stepanakert.
A Postcard from Nagorno-Karabakh
the monument of the Soviet army in Sofia, completed in 1954
11/4/2014: Empty Fountains: Communist-Era Monuments Revisited
Crowds of people waving Ukrainian flags
The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part II
This young girl is a refugee from South Ossetia.
Clash in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia