Impressions of the Duab (Russian Turkestan)
A reflection on Wilhelm Rickmer-Rickmers‘ famous 1907 lecture to the Central Asian Society The region, which is the subject of the following piece and about which the German explorer Wilhelm…
Category: Uzbekistan
Ella Maillart on the reconstruction of the Central Asian cultural landscape between the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya in 1931
A short look back at a travelogue from the year 1907 by Wilhelm Rickmer-Rickmers When Ella Maillart visited Central Asia, all activities in the Central Asian Soviet Republics were dominated…
A critical commentary on the film ‚Turksib‘ | The Soviet-Russian View on Central Asia in the Period of the First Five-Year Plan
On the importance of the Soviet film ‚Turksib‘ The strong positive attention that the film „Turksib“ by Soviet documentary filmmaker Viktor Turin attracted in Europe and the USA is best…
„Changing Asia“ – Travelogue of an Austrian journalist about Uzbekistan in 1930 (II)
Part II: Egon Erwin Kisch on the new role of women in Uzbekistan against the background of Soviet social reconstruction of society. Read Part I: Egon Erwin Kisch, raging reporter…
A look back on small-scale agriculture in Uzbekistan at the beginning of the 2000s
An exploration of spaces, people and practices using the example of the region around Samarkand At the beginning of the 2000s, the agricultural situation in Uzbekistan was still mostly unchanged…
Uzbek Saturday mood in Shakhrisabz
The use of urban space in the early 2000s before the start of the tourism boom The more than 2000 year old city was a stage of the old Silk…
Stefan Applis | Spaces, Places & Practices 