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The Ministry of Culture issued a new statement responding to international criticism of an earlier announcement that it intended to “remove” Armenian “forgeries” from churches on its territory.

The minister of culture said that a working group will be set up to identify what he called “Armenian forgery” from churches, putting into practice a pseudoscientific theory that denies the churches’ Armenian origin.

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

Changing tastes threaten askiya, a centuries-old Uzbek tradition that prizes wit, improvisation, and mastery of language.

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

Tashkent is regretting its early embrace of the Chinese app.

The world’s most popular TikTok house is in Almaty. Not all locals are happy about it.

The unfinished structure was the result of a brief period of direct Roman control over Armenia in the second century CE.

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

It's a niche scene, but comics have plenty of local material to work with.

Eldor Shomurodov’s success making it into one of Europe’s most important national football leagues has generated a fresh flurry of ambition among young Uzbek players.

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

Geneticists say the popular vegetable was first domesticated in the region.

To renovate or destroy? The Culture Ministry is dragging a dispute about Georgia’s heritage into the country’s muddy politics.

When Koma Wetan was formed, singing in Kurdish was illegal in Turkey. Now, the group is a legendary influence among Turkish Kurdish rockers..

Kazakhs unable to travel abroad are discovering their country is full of nice places to vacation. But what’s good for the local economy is not always good for nature.

The documentary spans over an exhausting eight hours.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

Azerbaijanis, the largest ethnic minority in Georgia, say that Tbilisi neglects their culture while Baku tries to co-opt it. Now they are claiming it for themselves.

Qaznews24 had gained 5,000 followers before being deleted.

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.

Even the president is chuffed.

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.