"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 monit…
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 …
In the first half of the eighteenth century, Central Asia's Bukharan Khanate descended into a crisis from which it would not recover. Bukharans suffered failed harvests and famine, a severe fiscal downturn, invasions from the north and the south, rebellion, and then revolution. …
