In a far northeastern corner of Russia's Yakutia region, ecologist Sergei Zimov and his son Nikita have created what they call Pleistocene Park. In an attempt to halt the thawing of permafrost, they are repopulating the area with wild animals.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 44th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 43rd week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
The Georgian photographer uncovering the secret spaces abandoned under the streets of Tbilisi.
A small group of worshipers took to the forest in Russia's Mari El Republic thirty years after the religious minority resumed their sacred rituals amid the collapse of the Soviet Union.
On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union tested the largest nuclear device ever created. The "Tsar Bomba," as it became known, was 10 times more powerful than all the munitions used during World War II.
A Moscow trade show pitching glitzy funeral options takes on grim significance as hundreds of Russians die each day from COVID-19.
Transport authorities in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, plan to restore a Soviet-era cable car line more than 30 years after a deadly accident shut down the service.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 42nd week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
Rare photographs show the construction and unveiling of some of the famous monuments built during Yugoslavia's socialist era.
Locals say a protest that took place in Kabul on October 21 shows the increasing desperation of Afghan women, whose freedoms have been stripped away by the Taliban since the hard-line Islamists seized power on August 15.
A Kazakh-American with a history of controversial comments on the Soviet Union may become America's next comptroller of the currency.
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