Georgia: Where Feasting Traditions Are Movable

Molly Corso

Georgia
Georgia: Soaking Up the Dying Tradition of Massage in the Tbilisi Baths

Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Paul Rimple

Georgia
Kyrgyzstan’s April Uprising: Path to Change or Death in Vain?

Natasha Yefimov and David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia: Activists Try to Keep Environmental Treasure Clean

Pearly Jacob

Mongolia
Kazakhstan’s Old Believers Keep the Faith

David Trilling and Joanna Lillis

Kazakhstan
Once Prosperous, Jangalak Now Fills With Refugees

Iason Athanasiadis

Afghanistan
Big Birds Swoop In for Annual Bayan Ulgii Festival

Andrew Cullen

Mongolia
Child Jockeys Train for Naadam Horse Races

Andrew Cullen

Mongolia

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Disabled Take Over House of Maxim Bakiyev

April 22, 2010 - 4:01pm

by: Dalton Bennett

Kyrgyzstan

The morning after Kurmanbek Bakiyev fled Bishkek, a handful of civil society organizations, including the Kyrgyz Republic Society of Disabled Persons and the Union of Young Disabled of Chui Oblast...
Meskhetian Turks Targeted in Kyrgyz Ethnic Violence

April 21, 2010 - 4:43pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

On April 19, 2010, hundreds of squatters attacked Meskhetian Turks living in nearby villages, reportedly seeking to take over farm plots. In Maevka, locals said that 28 out of 80 Meskhetian homes...
Georgia's Nonagenarians Talk About Their Long Lives

April 16, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Molly Corso

Georgia

Olgha Machitadze, 91, worked as a teacher of Georgian literature in a secondary school. She was married and had a son, but her family died in an accident. She still loves to read...
Address by Ousted President Ends in Hasty Retreat

April 14, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Dalton Bennett

Kyrgyzstan

Ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev attempts to address supporters in the southwestern Kyrgyz city of Osh, where supporters of the interim government hold a rally on April 15. During the rally in...
Ancient Game of Lelo Pits Villager Against Villager

April 10, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Paul Rimple

Georgia

While the rest of the country celebrates Easter every year at home around the dinner table, one village in western Georgia marks the day with a rugby-like scramble that effectively blocks traffic...
Three Days of Protest, Clashes and Recovery

April 9, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

A young Bishkek resident and government opposition supporter reflects on the dramatic political upheaval and the recent deadly violence that has scarred this Central Asian country.
After Bloody Protests, Bishkek Seeks Normalcy

April 7, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Dalton Bennett

Kyrgyzstan

EurasiaNet contributing photojournalist Dalton Bennett explores the streets of the Kyrgyz capital to discover looted stores, a volunteer militia hoping to bring back calm and a scarred city...
Protesters Clash with Security Police in Bishkek

April 6, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

Eurasianet's Central Asia news editor David Trilling offers this first hand account of the political violence in the Kyrgyz capital on April 7.
Pastoral and Alpine Life of Armenia's Yezidis

April 5, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Anahit Hayrapetyan

Armenia

The Yezidis, a Kurdish-dialect-speaking group who migrated to Armenia from Turkey starting in the late 1820s, are the country’s largest ethnic minority. Aside from their religious practices, which...
Migrants Assimilate, But Preserve Ethnic Identities

March 26, 2010 - 7:00pm

by: Justyna Mielnikiewicz

Turkey

Back home, their differences may run strong, but within Turkey, ethnic groups from the Caucasus often find that they have more in common than conflict. Thousands of ethnic Muslim Caucasians from...

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