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An illustration celebrating 100 years of Kyrgyz football. It uses a black and white photo of a Kyrgyzstani team as background

A hundred years of Kyrgyz football

The Kyrgyz Football Federation celebrated 100 years on 21 March 2021, but it’s as active as ever. Novastan looks back at the game’s history in the Central Asian nation. This… [...]

Staging of Tartuffe by the Mayakovsky Theatre in Dushanbe

“I want our theatre to be the new face of Tajik theatre”: Khurshed Mustafoev on the future of Dushanbe’s Russian theatre

In early 2021, Khurshed Mustafoev became artistic director of the Mayakovsky Theatre in Dushanbe. The actor, director and set designer has been working with the theatre company – the only… [...]

Who is Manizha, the Tajik-born singer representing Russia at the Eurovision?

Russian television viewers have chosen Manizha, a Russian singer born in Tajikistan, to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest. A version of this article was originally published on Novastan’s… [...]

Spotify expands to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan

Spotify is coming to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Local music distributors see the arrival of the Swedish streaming service not as a game changer but rather as another sign of the… [...]