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Soviet Diaries

January / February / 2017

Over 25 years after the Soviet Union broke up, that past still defines the present of millions of people. This edition explores that legacy.

Obsolete But In Charge - The Only Cableway In Kutaisi

Author : Zurab Balanchivadze

Elektrichkas Teeming With Life in Georgia

Author : Mariam Nikuradze

The Heroes of the Country That Was

Author : Suren Stepanyan

Medals, Bullet Splinters, and Love Letters

Author : Gulnur Kazimova

CIAO USSR

Author : Ani Hakobyan

Comrade Babunashvili

Author : Mariam Ugrekhelidze

The Oily Sands of Аrtyom

Author : Chinara Majidova

Fragmented Ideology, Georgia’s Soviet Mosaics

Author : Zurab Balanchivadze

Yerevan’s Soviet Cafes

Author : Hermine Virabian

Pioneers Penpals Turned Correspondence into Life Friendship

Author : Nurana Mammad

Ashes of Time

Author : Maka Gogaladze

Jazz, The Music of Freedom Surviving the USSR

Author : Sheyda Allahverdiyeva

White Gold in USSR’s Golden Days

Author : Ilkin Guliyev

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Author : Leman Safarli

The Forgotten

Author : Armine Avetisyan

Contemplation

Author : Anna Dziapshipa

Naira, an Armenian in Istanbul

Author : Maria Yeghiazaryan

The Soviet "Food" Union

Author : Thoma Sukhashvili

Hunting for Work After the USSR

Author : Lusine Balyan

Dressing Like a Soviet

Author : Piruza Khalapyan

My Family’s Soviet Photo Album

Author : Lala Aliyeva

“He Was a Believer,” Mingling with Stalin’s Young Admirers

Author : Nino-Ana Samkharadze

“3rd floor”

Author : Sona Simonyan

The Soviets’ Right to Rest That is no Longer

Author : Mariam Nikuradze

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Author : Monica Ellena

Armenia’s Socialist Village

Author : Lena Badalyan

SSR Azerbaijan’s Lost Generation

Author : Leman Safarli

My Body Remembers Chernobyl

Author : Aygun Rashidova

Armenia’s Swapped Homes

Author : Nelli Shishmanyan

The Abandoned Famous Soviet Cafe of Sokhum

Author : Marianna Kotova

Azerbaijan: Cities Born in the USSR

Author : Gular Abbasova

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Author : Lala Aliyeva

Being a Rock Band in South Ossetia

Author : Tamara Terashvili

Stalin's Secret Flyers

Author : Monica Ellena

The Legacy of The Soviet Silicon Valley

Author : Gayane Mirzoyan