Soviet Walking Tours & Articles

Discover Soviet history on foot with our carefully curated walking tours and in-depth articles. These guides take you through must-see mosaics, monuments, and modernist architecture, offering historical insights and context along the way.

  • Rediscovering Mikhail Antonyuk: between geometry and Soviet ideology

    Rediscovering Mikhail Antonyuk: between geometry and Soviet ideology

    On the occasion of what would have been his 90th birthday, the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana presents Mikhael Antonyuk – Artist of His Time, a focused retrospective dedicated to one of Soviet Kazakhstan’s most original visual voices. Trained in Ukraine and active in Tselinograd during the transformative postwar decades, Antonyuk…

Artworks and their significance

Each artwork tells a story. In this section, we dive deeper into a curated selection of photographs – exploring their canvas and uncovering the artistic techniques, ideological messages, and cultural significance they hold.

Only a selection of photographs is featured here.
For a gallery of all images, visit our Gallery section.

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Additional Resources & Further Reading

Want to explore more of Kazakhstan? Here, you’ll find a collection of maps, websites, books, social media pages and more, dedicated to its Soviet public art and architecture. These resources will help you discover more of the artistic and historical landscape of the former Kazakh SSR.

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