Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan’s largest city (population 2.2 million and growing) has evolved to become the star ...

Although both yurts and tents have many similarities and uses, there is one defining characteristic that sets these two types ...

They are a durable and dependable variety of tents. * For centuries, yurts have served as the main type of residence in Central Asia, especially in Mongolia. * Setting up or taking down a yurt ...

Constructing a yurt is a jigsaw puzzle feat requiring ... Never a large tribe, the Afghan Kyrgyz roamed Central Asia for centuries—they were infamous for raiding Silk Road caravans—and by ...

The wide streets of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, are lined with tall trees under which community ...

Yurts are circular domed tents with a lattice framework historically used in Mongolia and Central Asia. “Yurts make winter in Minnesota survivable,” AYU wrote on their Open Collective page. “With a ...

“As soon as the city ends, you’re going to see someone on horseback riding and living in a ger (yurt, the distinctive homes of Central Asia), moving with the seasons and raising animals,” he say ...

Over 10 weeks, RFE/RL hosted discussions on Twitter Spaces on various issues that affect daily life in Central Asia. We looked at global issues -- from the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine ...

The discovery suggests that trade routes along the Silk Road were far more complex than previously understood.

The Central Asia region is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly those related to water scarcity, land degradation and natural disasters (droughts, floods, mudslides). With a ...

Western images of Mongols often depict horse-riding nomads, living in yurts, or tents, and following their herds of sheep, horses, and cattle over the grassy plains of central Asia. Like the American ...

Photograph by Krista Rossow Inspired by the traditional dwellings of nomads in Central Asia, the yurt sauna offers meditation and houses a central fire with oil infusions refreshed a few times a day.