Energy of Another Land: Tuva and the Price of Imperial Resource Control
Tuva possesses major natural resources, yet many decisions concerning their use are made far from Kyzyl. Who should determine how the land, water and minerals of Tuva are used? On […]
What Comes After Russia: A Map of Nations Instead of an Imperial Map
The Russian Empire rests on more than military power. Its foundation is centralisation, control over resources, and the belief that every road, decision, and future must lead to Moscow. But […]
Where is the real border between Belarus and Russia? Smolensk, Bryansk, Nevel, Starodub
Why were Smolensk deputies ready to join Belarus in 1990? Where does the “Pahonia” on Nevel’s coat of arms come from? Who really lives near Velizh and Surazh? Who are […]
Historical toponymy of Western Circassia
This is the title of a book published by Circassian scientist Nurzhan Emikova, a senior researcher at the Faculty of Ethnology and Folk Art of the Adygea Republican Institute for […]
Who are the Tatars and how do they maintain their identity?
Azatlyk – freedom – is not just the name of a square in the centre of Kazan, but also the most important word for Tatars. In modern Russia, Tatars have […]
The Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic Legacy of the Ukrainian Resistance in the Far East
Ukrainian Roots in the Far East In the summer of 2020, the Russian Far East—often dismissed as a remote outpost in the vast geography of the Russian Federation—became the unlikely […]
The Republic of Bashkortostan and the Ural Republic / Ruslan Gabbasov and Ivan Kulenko
Future relations between the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Ural Republic? What will be the borders? How will we economically interact with each other? All this in an interview with […]
Independent Erzyan Mastor: Part 1 – Territory
Inyazor (elder) of the Erzya people, Syres Bolyaen, made a coming out. Without hesitation, he voiced (1) the territorial encroachment of the future independent Erzya-Mokshan state and (2) the principles […]
How the “Russian world” destroyed Kamchatka
In Kamchatka, the arrival of the Russians in the late 17th century led to bloody colonization, genocide of the local people, and dramatic changes in both cultural and ecological terms. […]
Nina Belyaeva: Eastern Slobozhanshchyna is a Ukrainian ethnic land, most of which is now within the borders of Russia
The Speech at the Opening of the Exhibition “Real Prisoners of Putin. Political Prisoners of Enslaved Nations”.
