ISBN:
9780230502840
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (287 pages)
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DDC:
305.80095809051102
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
After almost four centuries of expansion the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century covered vast territories on the Eurasian continent and included an immensely diverse population. How was the new Russian regime to deal with the complexity of its population? This book examines the role of nation and nationality in the Soviet Union and analyzes the establishment of national republics in Soviet Central Asia. It argues that the originally nationally minded Soviet communists with their anti-nationalist attitudes came to view nation and national identity as valuable tools in state building.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Introduction -- 1 Historiography -- Marxism, socialism and the nation -- Soviet nationalities policy: tactical concessions or instrument of modernization? -- Soviet and Western accounts of the delimitation -- The national delimitation and the New Economic Policy -- 2 Traditional Identities -- Uzbeks, Tajiks or Sarts? -- Islamic and local identities -- Tribal conglomerates and descent groups -- 3 Changing Identities -- Central Asia under Tsarism -- Muslim reform and the Jadids -- The Jadids, nation and politics -- Nationalism and the tribal conglomerates -- 4 Splitting Up or Joining Together? -- An omnipotent regime? -- The Basmachi uprising -- Central Asian unity? -- Intra-ethnic divisions -- 5 Nation and Politics -- National identities institutionalized -- The nationalization of political discourse -- Language, indigenization and politicization of nationality -- 6 Continuity and Change in Group Identities -- Nomads and settled -- nations and sub-groups -- From Sart to Uzbek: changing identities or new labels? -- Uzbeks and Tajiks - the absence of Tajik voices -- From Uzbek to Tajik: the emergence of Tajik nationalism -- Turkification and separation -- 7 "We Have Rights Too!" - The Dynamics of Division -- The three "main nationalities -- The Kyrgyz republic -- The Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast -- 8 Drawing Borders -- Decisions, censuses and statistics -- The Turkmen republic -- Splitting up the Ferghana Valley -- The struggle over Tashkent City -- Tashkent and Mirzachul' uezds -- Uzbeks as a favored group? -- 9 Historical Implications -- National identities in Central Asia? -- Nation, politics and the Soviet demise -- Post-Soviet Central Asia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S.
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