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The marble mirage: Ashgabat’s record-breaking facade contradicts Turkmenistan’s reality
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan’s capital, presents an arresting spectacle: a city almost entirely clad in gleaming white marble, a record-holder for its sheer density of Italian stone. This monochromatic landscape, blinding under the Central Asian
The 'Decommunization' Of Dushanbe
Dushanbe is undergoing a relentless demolition and development drive, vividly documented in before-and-after images. Many locals now struggle to recognise their own capital, testament to the profound and rapid changes fundamentally challeng