From 1925, when the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was declared a part of the Soviet Union, one photographer was able to capture the “radical social surgery” enacted by the Bolsheviks that forever ...

After Belarus (slightly) updated its official crest, we had a look at some other former Soviet emblems, before and after independence. Uzbek S.S.R. All Soviet emblems were required to feature the ...

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan votes in a presidential election on Sunday certain to extend President Islam Karimov's 18-year rule by a third seven-year term. Below is a chronology of key events in ...

A bust of Kunayev in a park named after the former Kazakh SSR leader in Almaty. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Vmenkov Subscribe for ads-free reading On the same day last week, authorities in Kazakhstan ...

(for story see UZBEKISTAN-ELECTION/ or click on ID:nL22155405) Dec 22 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan votes in a presidential election on Sunday certain to give President Islam Karimov a third term. Below is a ...