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The transformation of Central Asia : states and societies from Soviet rule to independence

With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, former Communist Party leaders in Central Asia were faced with the daunting task of building states where they previously had not existed: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan...
Print Book, English, 2004
Cornell University Press, Ithaca (USA) ; London, 2004