Tag: soviet union
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Economic Life and the Politics of Protest in Central Asia
Non-academic research paper, published 29th December 2023 Introduction The collapse of the Soviet Union came to Central Asia in a flash. Whilst other Soviet states were agitators of its downfall, with determined nationalist movements overwhelming the hapless Soviet authorities, the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan watched on as the world…