Soviet Union

Heroines of the Second World War

In Almaty, Kazakhstan, stands this monument dedicated to two heroines of the Soviet Union, Aliya Moldagulova and Manchouk Mametova. These two female fighters distinguished themselves through… [...]

Collage of red yurts, the emblem of the NKVD, a Soviet officer pointing a gun and, on the right, a pamphlet titled

“Islands of Soviet power on the steppes”

Out on the Kazakh steppe, in the early days of Soviet rule, so-called red yurts tried to bring the USSR and its communist ideals to those that were most… [...]