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A museum packed with once banned art is flourishing in the Uzbek desert

Nukus Museum’s vast cache of Russian avant-garde and national folk art is driving cultural tourism

Cyrus Naji
22 December 2025
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Nukus Museum’s collection includes works of Uzbek decorative art as well as huge Russian avant-garde holdings © Iwan Baan