Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an ...

The Kyrgyz were incorporated into first then Tsarist and then the Soviet empires and the country still retains a strong Russian ... new national anthem. Speaking during a rehearsal at the music ...

founded the public organisation Music in Captivity to raise awareness of imprisoned bandsmen. "[Bandsmen] go through the same beatings as other soldiers. In addition, they are forced to stand on a ...

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"First, we woke up to the Russian national anthem. Then we raised the Russian flag," Rudenko said. "After breakfast, we had an hour of education about what had happened during the evening in Russia.