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Despite cultures : early Soviet rule in Tajikistan / Botakoz Kassymbekova.

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"Despite Cultures examines the strategies and realities of the Soviet state-building project in Tajikistan during the 1920s and 1930s. As Kassymbekova reveals, the local ruling system was built upon an intricate network of individuals, whose stated loyalty to communism was monitored through a c...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kassymbekova, Botakoz (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]
Series:Central Eurasia in context.
Subjects:
Soviet Union > Relations > Tajikistan.
Tajikistan > Relations > Soviet Union.
Tajikistan > Politics and government > 20th century.
Political culture > Tajikistan > History > 20th century.
Communism > Tajikistan > History > 20th century.
Local government > Tajikistan > History > 20th century.
Nation-building > Tajikistan > History > 20th century.
Communism.
International relations.
Local government.
Nation-building.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Soviet Union.
Tajikistan.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • An open-air rule
  • A nation to serve empire
  • Empire as a personal responsibility
  • An empire of numbers
  • An empire of chauvinists and nationalists
  • An empire of inner struggles
  • An empire of liars
  • A speechless empire.

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