Rainbow of the C.I.S.

A blog to celebrate the diversity of the USSR and beyond.

[proudchuchmek]

http://biblioteka15.ru/15%20Sosvesdie%20Drujba/1%20Ded%20Moros.htm

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The Capital of Baku during the International Soviet parade 1985. 

[proudchuchmek]

Совет Азəрбаjҹанына ешг олсун!

[armenianhighland]

'Azeri grandma with Armenian soldier' a photo featured in the French newspaper “Libération’ of Sheikha Khanum, age 81 hugging Sargis Hatspanyan in Karvachar, April 1993. Sargis himself has talked about the photo in an interview:

'There was an 81-year-old woman – Sheikha Khanum who was respected by everybody. She was a poet. I liked talking to her. She used to say: “This war is not the war of our two people, we like Armenians, we all know that this is the country of Armenians, there are Armenian graves everywhere, cross-stones, everywhere there are marks of Armenian culture”. And during this talk Zaven Khachikyan unnoticeably took our photo.' 

He also addressed discovering that the Turkish newspaper ‘Milliyet’ had used the picture in their own article, captioning it ‘Azeri woman with her grandson, presenting him as an Azeri soldier: 

'In Paris one of my friends sees this newspaper, accidentally he reads also the article in the «Liberation», takes both newspapers and sends to the European Union as a striking example of Turkish falsity and slander.'

[explore-the-earth]

Lokbatan, Azerbaijan

[proudchuchmek]

I lived, like, right next to here!

[chingizhobbes]

[proudchuchmek]

Oh yeah? Recommended for me? I'm sure it is.

[oztuvgan]

Abılay Qan (Qazaqstan)

Manas Ata (Qırgızstan)

Salavat Yula-ulı (Başqurtstan)

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkiya)

[proudchuchmek]

yo i was at the salavat yulaev monument

it was intense 

[adokal]

The necropolis near the village Dargavs, North Ossetia. The largest in the North Caucasus.

source

[5centsapound]

[fotojournalismus]

Claudine Doury: Loulan Beauty [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan]

(via 5centsapound)

[crimew0lf]

[proudchuchmek]

but it's always the churki destroying the country.

[red-lipstick]

Tamar Kvesitadze - 7 meter metal sculptures on the seashore boulevard of Batumi on the Black Sea coast of Georgia entitled Statue Of Love aka Ali & Nino which change their position every 8-10 minutes eventually merging into one piece.

[kinglouisiii]

I’ve been practicing making the perfect tahdig (‘bottom of the pot’ crispy rice) after being introduced to Persian food by my Iranian cousins. Today I got it as close to this as I’ve ever done before!!! 

[proudchuchmek]

Azeris call it qazmaq!

[5centsapound]

Rena Effendia: Xinaliq village

First decade into the 21st century, Khinaliq, because of its remoteness, still managed to preserve its ancient way of life. There is no running water but the stream nearby, no gas except the natural fires sprouting from the gas-pocked mountains. The light-skinned and blue-eyed race speaks Khinaluq, a unique and dying out language attributed to the northeastern group of Caucasus languages. The only source of income is sheep breeding - husbands graze their flocks in mountain pastures, women weave traditional carpet designs from wool at home. There are little over 1000 shepherd families living in Khinaliq at an elevation of over 2300 meters above the sea. Before 2006, the village was inaccessible for nine months out of the year, but four years ago, the president of Azerbaijan decided to visit Khinaliq and the government built the new road. This newly asphalted road will surely alleviate the hardships associated with winter and mountain isolation, but it may also threaten the unique culture of Khinaliq.

[everythingturkic]

Köl ükök lake, Kyrgyzstan

[proudchuchmek]

bakı paxlavası, sour cherry varenie, and raspberry preserves. the paxlava went from baku -> moscow -> new york -> toronto. i am the luckiest diaspora baby alive!

[proudchuchmek]

Ай, Урал, ты мой Урал, Великан седой, Урал ! Головой под облака Поднялся ты, мой Урал Моя песня о тебе О любви моей к тебе.

Салават Юлаев

[proudchuchmek]

"Милая моя земля, Реки сладкие, поля, Березняк и чернотал, В небе вздыбленный Урал, - Я одну мечту таю! Родину воспеть мою."

Салават Юлаев