Soviet Empire: The Turks of Central Asia and StalinismHistorical background of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, and study of the position of the populations of the republics as minority groups of the USSR, with particular reference to the stalin era - covers the Turkish and mongol history of the region, demographic aspects and geographical aspects, political leadership, political problems, nationalist movements, nomadism and the social implications of suppression thereof and of industrialization, etc. Maps. |
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THE TURANIAN BASIN | 13 |
PATTERN OF PEOPLES | 29 |
CRUCIBLE OF EMPIRES | 48 |
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