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One explanation for the continued dominance of Russian lies in Kazakhstan’s rural-urban divide.

A look back at how Osh celebrated the Islamic holy month, which ended with 13,000 men praying on the city's main square this morning.

The end of the harvest is a time for ritual partying in southern Kyrgyzstan. The festivities can last for days.

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.

Aisuluu Tynybekova conquered poverty, prejudice and depression to win a nation’s respect.

The project is intended to partially bridge the language knowledge gap with Russian.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

But Russians are more ambivalent about having a Tajik-born singer represent them at the song contest.

New technologies have allowed archeologists to re-examine how domestic animals spread from the Middle East to Asia.

Manizha Sangin emigrated to Russia with her family at age three, during the Tajik civil war.

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.

A new documentary on a Soviet soccer star also tells the story of Central Asia’s ethnic Korean community, which was deported en masse to the region by Stalin.

The artist expects to face more harassment for her song.

Censors objected to scenes showing "corruption and bribery" by government officials.

Alymkulova posted a video appearing to show Jeenbekov singing a profanity-laced song.