On March 19, the 12th edition of Trans-Siberian Art Festival opened at the Arnold Kats State Concert Hall, in Novosibirsk, ...

A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

Moscow Fashion Week 2025 was a spectacle of bold creativity, cultural heritage, and cutting-edge designs. From established ...

Leicester's Saffron Lane estate, known locally as "The Saff", was first large-scale housing development built in the city ...

The creative ensemble of Russia’s NP Ogarev National Research Mordovia State University took centre stage, with performances ...

Congressionally Chartered. Scholarship Driven. Fiercely Nonpartisan.

In Ukraine, the kobzar tradition endures with musicians preserving centuries-old cultural heritage while adapting to modern ...

Far from ushering in a real ceasefire, the Putin-Trump call reveals the enduring effectiveness of diplomatic theater. Putin gets to appear flexible without conceding anything of substance, while Trump ...

Ukrainian painter Mykhailo Boichuk and his circle of socialist artists perished in Stalin’s 1930s repression, destroying much ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Victoria Lomasko, a graphic artist and muralist, has spent her career documenting how authoritarianism took hold in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. What she has illustrated – as well as ...

An exquisite work of art in the form of a rare Fabergé cigarette case, has been gifted to The Wildlife Trusts as part of a ...

Actor Robert Lindsay returned to his hometown in Derbyshire to remember a "truly extraordinary" teacher, who he said he owed his acting career to. The star of BBC TV shows Sherwood and My Family ...