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David Smith @dsmith890.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The NYT's Moldova photo essay called an elected official "a teacher," styled a fashion designer and a film student to look like Soviet factory workers, and opened with "gray" to describe the sunniest month Chisinau had all year. open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

back home from a gorgeous end-of-summer research trip to chișinău! as i'm sure internal selection rounds are coming up for next year, if you're planning to apply for a leverhulme ecf and would like to see a successful application, let me know! I’d be very happy to send you mine

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

shoutout to the women in the moldovan national library who have brought me books that they’ll think i like based on my requests! they always get it right and have amazing recommendations and i’m sure they aren’t paid nearly enough 💓

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

telling everyone that this was planned by me to boost sales! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/on-top-of...

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

publication day!!!! so many people to thank!!! всем спасибо за всё ˃̵ᴗ˂̵ please consider ordering for your library ♡ if you read it, i hope you enjoy it!!! and if you/anyone you know/your university/institution/secret roof club might enjoy hearing me talk about roofs, get in touch!!!!

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

out on the 11th!!! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/on-top-of...

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

i think about vladimir modârcă’s maritime school building at least biweekly

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

in moldovan architectural heritage news: icomos has now issued a heritage alert for the republican stadium in chișinǎu in response to plans to demolish it to develop a new US embassy !!!! www.icomos.org/news/heritag...

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Heritage Alert: Chișinău’s Republican Stadium - ICOMOS

Explore the threats facing Chișinău’s Republican Stadium, a crucial example of Eastern European socialist realist architecture under danger.

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

i’m so happy that ✨ 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 ✨ is finally out!! i’ve contributed a chapter on heritage, civic activism and the urban commons in chișinău ! it’s open access so give it a read but also buy a copy/ order it for your library (but only if you want to)!!! muse.jhu.edu/book/142608

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

он топ ов зэ сити люблю крыши (всегда и навсегда)

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

ничего особенного but i wrote a commentary for memory studies on the relationship between skateboarding and imperialism (russian and epistemic) doi.org/10.1177/1750...

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

my review of post-soviet graffiti by @alexislerner.bsky.social is now out in city & society. a compelling read for anyone interested in post-socialist urbanism, political communication, and public space under both authoritarianism and neoliberal capitalism doi.org/10.1111/ciso...

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City & Society | CUAA Urban Studies Journal | Wiley Online Library

Click on the article title to read more.

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Cristian Canțâr @cristiancantir.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Street name politics is back in the news in Moldova. There have been calls to rename Moscow blvd. in Chișinău into Ilie Ilașcu street. Ilașcu was one of the most well-known fighters against separatists during the Russian-Moldovan war in 1992 ...

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

if you’re in dc for aseees next week a) let’s get a coffee/drink and b) come hear me talk about this guy and his master plan for chișinău on saturday (there will be photos !! and drawings!!! and maps !! that you maybe have never seen before for all the șciusevheads out there) !!

black and white photo of alexei șciusev leaning on a chair

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Polly McMichael @pollymcmichael.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...

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Sign the Petition

Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

turns out you can always just move to the east coast of scotland

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

moldovan elections are underway (eek)!!! you can follow the voting + results as they come in this evening here: pv.cec.md

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Prezența la vot

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Cristian Canțâr @cristiancantir.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

A long thread on how I'll be following returns for the Moldovan legisl. election on Sep. 28. Polls close inside MD at 9 p.m. Until then, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) will only be releasing turnout data throughout the day. Results will start rolling in fairly quickly ...

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

la mulți ani de ziua independenței, moldova! 🫶

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

exciting news! ✩ i’ve been awarded a leverhulme early career fellowship to spend the next three years thinking about urban space, cultural heritage & the relationship between the local and national in moldova and will be based at st andrews ☆彡 hai să mergem// давай пойдём ミ☆

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

across romania at easter 🪻

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

wrote about grey spaces, russia and the capitalocene. hope this enriches the chromatic leisure paradigm in some way ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I believe that the use of the term ‘Capitalocene’, which locates climate change and ecological breakdown within the history of capitalism and colonialism is particularly relevant in the contemporary Russian context. This is not only due to the high levels of inequality experienced within the country but in particular because of Russia’s status as a petrostate and in light of its war against Ukraine, an explicitly imperial endeavour with wide-reaching environmental consequences

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

every minute the NHS needs 3 donations so, if you can, go donate blood/plasma/platelets (+ you get snacks)❣️

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

happy stalin death day to all those who celebrate! смерть диктаторам.

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

wondering how to support ukraine? here’s a list: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

the estimated number of buildings destroyed by russia is already more than 250,000. this new online archive/exhibition presents the scale of the destruction and the range of buildings destroyed. this is an irreplaceable loss. ukrainian-destroyed-heritage.leibniz-gwzo.de

ukrainian-destroyed-heritage.leibniz-gwzo.de

Home, Destroyed Ukrainian Heritage

Since the beginning of the full scale Russian invasion to Ukraine many cities suffer from drones, missiles and artillery strikes. It is difficult to determine the total number of ruined buildings, but...

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Leslie Root @lesja.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Spiraling about what I can do in a collapsed economy flooded with workers with my exact skill set. Should I get backyard chickens and become an egg mogul

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Samantha K. Knapton @lgmsam.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Lovely roundtable talk for LGBTQ+ History Month at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. Excited to talk with @abikaras.bsky.social and @siobhanhearne.bsky.social about queer histories of central and eastern Europe 🥳 Join us (if you're about in Nottingham, of course) - all are welcome!

Poster for an event. Title: "queer histories of central and eastern europe". Date: 18th February at 5.30pm. Location: Lenton Grove at the University of Nottingham, room a18. Email Kate.law@nottingham.ac.uk with any queries.

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

friends i’ll be in paris next week talking about urban space and community activism in chișinău

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

masa zilei/meal of the day: me working through the 10 different mămăligă variations in my old romanian cookbooks

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

europe, but i dropped a pin on every mihai eminescu street

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

this article on skateboarders in ukraine is good and you should read it but i’m also the most annoying person in the world ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

don’t feel like i accomplished much of note this year but i did watch a lot of films (take from that what you will) so here are all 170 things i watched/logged on letterboxd in the order i watched/logged them

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

“cryptic image” and it’s just a still from the colour of pomegranates (charli has taste)

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

мерікурісмас всім

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Ukrartarchive @patsulanastya.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Leopold Levytsky, Postcard, 1972

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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

привіт! 🌻 a reminder for anyone on the homes for ukraine scheme (or who knows anyone who is) you have to apply for an e-visa by 31st december! the system is not the most intuitive so am happy to help if i can (but local homes for ukraine teams should also be able to advise)!

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