Russia Z

Photography

Portraits of Russia: emerging photographers capture the faces of a young nation

Photography

New East Photo Prize 2020 — applications now open

Style

Meet the political fashion collective giving young Russians a voice

Follow of the week

Wedding dresses, bison, and naked paratroopers: the best Belarusian photographers to follow on Instagram

Fashion

Ukrainian fashion industry unites to make DIY equipment protecting doctors against Covid-19

Film

Join a live Q&A with Georgian filmmaker Levan Akin on 2 April

Photography

Stuck in China’s lockdown, one Russian photographer kept a visual diary of eerie walks and makeshift masks 

Photography

Confessions of a caregiver: I shot all my photo projects indoors to show the pain of isolation

Photography

How isolation inspired the quiet domestic photographs of Czechoslovakia’s enigmatic post-war artist

Photography

Help unravel the untold stories of sisterhood at a former Soviet textile mill in Estonia

Photography

One photographer’s homage to Crimea and the women who inspire her

Photography

Russia’s Korean community has been a quiet force for decades. Now they’re standing up

Film

Director Romas Zabarauskas on breaking boundaries in Baltic film in a decade of queer cinema

Film

5 New East films to add to your watchlist from the newly-digital CPH:DOX film festival

Film

6 legendary Soviet cartoons that you can watch at home

Photography

‘Be anyone! Be yourself!’: an Instagram project celebrating Ukraine’s diversity

Culture

Radical ideas vs concrete realities: enter the surreal urban world of these dystopian collages

Photography

Sweet escape: a calming journey across pleasing landscapes

Exploration

Meet the photographic talent that call Siberia home | Part II

Exploration

Meet the photographic talent that call Siberia home | Part I

Travel

Inside the little-known world of the early Soviet Union’s Lenin-fuelled tourism industry

Travel

Get to know the Czech Republic with post punk, feminist lit, and feel-good Oscar flicks

Inspiration

Out with the Old Town: your guide to Prague’s alternative nightlife venues

Follow of the week

Sunset-tinted photos of Russia that find romantic beauty in the ordinary

Design

Emotional First Aid: this designer is recreating the experience of a hug

Theatre

Moscow’s avant-garde Gogol Centre will stream its performances online

Exploration

Homecoming: the young photographer reconnecting with the roots of Russia’s indigenous Mari people

Self

These artists are bringing Russia’s most embarrassing musical genre back to its criminal underground roots

Film

Director Radu Jude is harnessing old propaganda to celebrate Romania’s forgotten dissident heroes

Person of interest

This Bosnian-British artist is fighting to keep the experience of child refugees alive  

Culture

This 103-year-old Romanian philosopher has compiled a helpful to-do list to get you through quarantine

Culture

Artist Dan Perjovschi chronicles how Covid-19 has changed our lives

Film

The best contemporary Eastern European cinema available to stream online

Special reports

Russia Z: celebrating the voice and vision of a new creative generation

Special reports

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

Special reports

Budapest in focus: a special report on the battle for contemporary culture in Orbán’s Hungary

Style

Isolated and industrial, Omsk is a fashion playground offering creativity without preconceptions

Fashion

Ripoff fashion ruled Eastern Europe’s label-hungry 90s. Why are designers celebrating it now?

Follow of the week

From gossiping grandmas to effortless fashionistas, discover the people of Bucharest

Literature

Grey Bees: Andrey Kurkov’s tale of quiet resilience amid war in Ukraine

Music

A little relief: soothing sounds for uncertain times

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