1st Edition

Soviet Nation-Building in Central Asia The Making of the Kazakh and Uzbek Nations

By Grigol Ubiria Copyright 2016
284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

The demise of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in new state-led nation-building projects in Central Asia. The emergence of independent republics spawned a renewed Western scholarly interest in the region’s nationality issues. Presenting a detailed study, this book examines the state-led nation-building projects in the Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Exploring the degree, forms... Read more

Introduction Part 1: Theory of Nationalism 1. Theorizing Modern Nationalism: General Paradigms and Concepts Part 2: Historical Framework 2. Central Asia Before the Russian Annexation: Ethno-Social Context 3. Tsarist Central Asia 4. Central Asia from the February Revolution until the Russian-Bolshevik Reoccupation Part 3: From Lenin to Gorbachev 5. The Formation of the Soviet Union: The Soviet Federal System 6. The National-Territorial Delimitation of Central Asia, 1924-36 7. Soviet Census and Passport Policies: Institutionalizing Kazakh and Uzbek National Identities 8. The Korenizatsiia Campaign and Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan 9. Soviet Policy towards Islam in Central Asia 10. Soviet Emancipation of Kazakh and Uzbek Women: Conflicting Historical Interpretations 11. Economic Development of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan under Soviet Rule 12. Soviet Population Transfers: Changing Ethnolinguistic and Cultural Landscapes of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan 13. Soviet Construction of Kazakh and Uzbek National Histories 14. The Evolution of the Soviet Nationality Doctrine and Policies, 1917-91: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Biography

Grigol Ubiria is a Research Associate at the Australian National University’s Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East & Central Asia), Australia.