Author: Novastan 
Novastan
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Dust and solitude
View of the Kazakh steppes by a train crossing from Kazakhstan. Credit: Antonin Lechat (France) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]
Camels and winter
Camels walk on the snow in Boirok-Bulak, Kyrgyzstan. Credit: Théo Saffroy (France) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]
Morning at Arslanbob
As the sun goes up, the sellers of this market do their first business in the village of Arslanbob in Kyrgyzstan. Credit: Irina Unruh (Germany) This photo… [...]
Still life
The restaurant “Vienna” inside the Hotel Uzbekistan in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital. Credit: Antonin Lechat (France) Find all of our photos of the… [...]
Igla: plunge into the underworld of Kazakhstan’s perestroika with the legendary Viktor Tsoi
CENTRAL ASIAN CINEMA. The rock-n-roll film Igla (The Needle in English) is a denunciation of the drug problem that plagued Soviet Central Asia in the late 1980s. But above… [...]
Prigorodny dachas
In the suburbs of Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan, located between the international airport and the ultra-modern buildings of the 2017 World Expo, the Prigorodny dachas are living on… [...]
Out of spotlight
The opulent chandelier disappears in the details of the ceiling ornamentation of the Kamal Khujandi Theater in Khujand. Credit: Simon Massicotte Find all of our… [...]
[Newsletter] Is Tajikistan Covid-free?
This is a copy of our newsletter dated 1 February 2021. Sign up here to receive it directly in your inbox every Monday. This newsletter is dedicated… [...]
Reflection
View next to Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Credit: Charlotte Bonin (France) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]
Shepherd on his horse
Portrait of a camel shepherd on his horse. Boirok-Bulak, Kyrgyzstan. Credit: Théo Saffroy (France) Find all photos of the series here. [...]
Winter pasture
Near the Song-Köl Lake in northern Kyrgyzstan, wild horses brave the snow and the cold. Credit: Justine Paci (France) Find all of our photos of the… [...]