Researchers document Russian destruction of Ukrainian archaeological sites
As Russian missile strikes and heavy assaults by ground troops pace deadly attacks on Ukraine, a new report by University of ...
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One Giant Steppe For Space Flight
In a recent photo essay for the New Yorker magazine, author Keith Gessen and photographer Andrew McConnell share what life is like for the residents around the launch facility and where Soyuz ...
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World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe
This is not a movie but a game of kokpar, a horseback sport known and played across Central Asia, and a thrilling climax to ...
10 ideas for a fall trip to Russia
See knights castles visit the only preserved kremlin in Siberia and drive along the most beautiful road in the country And ...
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Steppe strong: the World Nomad Games unite tradition, strength, and sport in Astana
In the heart of the Kazakh steppe, men on horseback clash in a dramatic display of strength and agility. Riders from two ...
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Kazakhstan: Turkic unity and Kazakh culture on display at Nomad Games
Such are the scenes as Astana – usually a staid city inhabited by straightlaced bureaucrats – hosts the World Nomad Games, ...
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Soyuz Spacecraft Carries Two Russian Cosmonauts and One American Astronaut to the International Space Station
The Russian space agency Roscosmos broadcasted the Soyuz spacecraft launching into the night sky above the Kazakh steppe ...
Steppe eagles, the vanishing voyagers from Central Asia
The morning mist was rising slowly as we stepped into the ochre-coloured grasslands of Tal Chappar in Rajasthan, known as a ...
Yukon gold miners are unearthing mummified ancient creatures and truckloads of fossils from the Ice Age. Take a look.
Gold miners are finding fossils and mummified animals from the Ice Age. Now paleontologists have an ancient wolf pup, a baby ...