How has Turkmenistan changed since the death of former-president Saparmurat Niyazov/Turkmenbashi? [more inside]
posted by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel on Jul 20, 2009 - 4 answers

studying russian abroad/traveling in russia and central asia/general planning help/etc [more inside]
posted by saraindc on Jul 16, 2009 - 12 answers

Central Asia trip late May - early June. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted by mammary16 on May 7, 2007 - 5 answers

Can anyone recommend reputable academic sources on the repression of local national culture in Macedonia, Armenia, Georgia, and Moldova during the era of Communist rule by dominant 'imperial' nations Serbia and Russia respectively, and the resurgence of nationalism in these countries after the fall of Communism and breakup of these empires? Thanks! [more inside]
posted by thirteenkiller on Nov 13, 2006 - 10 answers

I am headed off to Central Asia for the summer and am looking for some first hand advice. [more inside]
posted by JPD on May 24, 2005 - 2 answers

1. Are there maps anywhere that show the geographical distribution of ethnicities and religions accross different regions? 2. Or, does a program exist where I could plug in preference for different feilds (example: religion, climate, geography) and it would spit out the closest region to such specifications? [more inside]
posted by scazza on Mar 15, 2005 - 4 answers