New East Digital Archive

Suburbs

Lofty statues and roadside oddities: what can we learn about Russia in Moscow’s margins?

Lofty statues and roadside oddities: what can we learn about Russia in Moscow’s margins?

These snapshots of nocturnal Nizhny Novgorod capture the quiet contemplation of the Russian commuter

These snapshots of nocturnal Nizhny Novgorod capture the quiet contemplation of the Russian commuter

The allure of the tower block: what keeps us coming back to images of post-Soviet mundanity?

The allure of the tower block: what keeps us coming back to images of post-Soviet mundanity?

This new video game lets you do nothing in particular in a suburban Russian tower block

This new video game lets you do nothing in particular in a suburban Russian tower block

Skate USSR: discover the Soviet subculture you never knew existed

Skate USSR: discover the Soviet subculture you never knew existed

Kiev pensioner gives apartment block baroque facelift

Kiev pensioner gives apartment block baroque facelift

Autonomous zone: the view from a separatist city in Ukraine

Autonomous zone: the view from a separatist city in Ukraine

How to be a man: a new generation of artists is rethinking the meaning of masculinity in Russia

How to be a man: a new generation of artists is rethinking the meaning of masculinity in Russia

Searching for suburbia: a photographer travels to Moscow's edgelands

Searching for suburbia: a photographer travels to Moscow’s edgelands

Fortress techno: in search of the elusive label Johns’ Kingdom

Fortress techno: in search of the elusive label Johns’ Kingdom

Mind your business: preserving the bargain basements of Tallinn

Mind your business: preserving the bargain basements of Tallinn

Urban scrawl: the Moscow edgelands where patriotism is writ large

Urban scrawl: the Moscow edgelands where patriotism is writ large

Rockets away: the space race remade as child’s play

Rockets away: the space race remade as child’s play

City limits: Roaming the streets of Kiev with photographer Sasha Kurmaz

City limits: Roaming the streets of Kiev with photographer Sasha Kurmaz

Post-Soviet city: a special report on the photography of the former eastern bloc

Post-Soviet city: a special report on the photography of the former eastern bloc

Concretopia: searching for the secret meaning of the suburbs in eastern Europe

Concretopia: searching for the secret meaning of the suburbs in eastern Europe

On the edge: how Alexander Gronsky explores the limits of photography

On the edge: how Alexander Gronsky explores the limits of photography

Frosted lakes

Frosted lakes