Photographing Tajikistan’s Harsh Realities — theculturetrip.com

Diodorova is currently raising money to publish a book based on In The Cold. For more information, visit her fundraising site. Republished with permission from RFE/RL and Ksenia Diodorova LEFT: (in Roshorv) There are six sisters and three brothers in the Kubaev family. The husband of Gulsara, one of the sisters, and her brother, Kadam, work together on a construction site in St. Petersburg. RIGHT: (in St. Petersburg) Kadam hasn't been to Tajikistan for seven years. His relatives would like him to marry, but he says his priority for now is to support his family and pay for his sisters' studies.

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