Harutyun Mansuryan

Rusting Beauty: An Open-Air Homage To The Collective Farm

One man's obsession with the collective farm he ran for more than a quarter of a century led to the creation of a unique open-air museum in a village in southern Russia.

Mammoth Tusks: Big Profits, Lost History

Chernobyl Tourism Boom Brings Illegal Traffic To The Zone

Locals Rage At Moscow As Siberian Forests Burn

The First Soviet Nuclear Blast: Pride Turns To Tragedy 70 Years Later

August 29 marks the day that the Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear explosion in 1949.

Documentary: The Lethal Soviet Legacy In Kazakhstan

Forty years of Soviet nuclear bomb tests have left a toxic wasteland in Kazakhstan. The nuclear explosions have stopped, but Russia still rents vast swathes of Kazakh territory for missile tests that critics say are devastating for the environment and its inhabitants.

'Like An Undeclared War': Russia's Toxic Test Sites In Kazakhstan

Kazakh villagers living close to military test sites struggle with "mysterious" illnesses and a toxic nuclear legacy.

Death Of A Station: The Rise And Fall Of Free Media In Russia

TV2 in Tomsk, Siberia, was one of the last free and independent regional media outlets in Russia. But the company's unfettered journalism was not in sync with the country's increasingly restrictive political climate. The story illustrates both the power of a free press and how it can be silenced.

'Criticism Is Not Welcome': The Rise & Fall Of Russia's TV2

TV2 in Tomsk, Siberia, was one of the last free and independent regional media outlets in Russia. But the company's unfettered journalism was not in sync with the country's increasingly restrictive political climate. The station's broadcasts were shut down at the end of 2014.

The Winds Of Chagan, A Post-Soviet Nuclear Ghost Town

An eerie wind is the only sound to be heard in a once-secret northern Kazakh town which used to be the hub of the Soviet nuclear weapons program.

Fake News, Soviet-Style: The Armenian Earthquake Rescue That Was Too Good To Be True

Kazakhstan's Militant Hot Spot