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Despite cultures [electronic resource] :early Soviet rule in Tajikistan / Botakoz Kassymbekova.

By: Kassymbekova, Botakoz [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Central Eurasia in context series.Publisher: Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780822981473; 0822981475.Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 958.608/42 Online resources: Full text available:
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.
Scope and content: "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 chain of command that stretched from Moscow through Tashkent to Dushanbe/Stalinabad"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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 chain of command that stretched from Moscow through Tashkent to Dushanbe/Stalinabad"--Provided by publisher.

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