Sovietisation in Uzbekistan 1980-1991: success or failure?

Akyildiz, Sevket Hylton; Carlson, Richard W.

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“…As Nancy Lubin demonstrates in her excellent study based on fieldwork carried out in Soviet Central Asia, the reluctance of the local population to work in heavy industry and 'modern' areas of the economy tended to be one of the key factors in the social development processes occurring among Uzbeks during the Soviet era. Such a distrust of the force of social 'modernization' implemented by the Soviet authorities was also accompanied by low social mobility and the maintenance of the 'traditional' and 'noble' areas of human activity such as agriculture and bazaar trading (Lubin, 1985;Akyildiz, Carlson, 2013;Rywkin, 1984a). Similar observations about the 'low level of social mobility of the indigenous population' (nizkaia mobilnost' korennogo naselenia) could also be found in studies of Soviet sociology of the period (Zyuzin, 1983(Zyuzin, , 1986.…”

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‘Uzbek Speculators’ Behind the Front Line. A Firmly Rooted Russian Colonial Stereotype Versus the Soviet ‘Friendship of Peoples’

Rohoziński¹

2022

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In my paper, I try to analyze the historical context of archival documents from the second half of 1943, where traces of the conspiracy theory that Uzbek workers were trading their food rations can be found. Accusations of trade and speculation in food drew heavily from the pre-revolutionary stereotypes and conspiracy theories from the period of the Revolution and the Civil War. Increasing theft and embezzlement in the trading network of food, textiles, and manufactured goods, the misuse of state and kolkhoz property, and conspicuous consumption were also reported from Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in the early 1940s. Some premises for the conspiracy theory about the Uzbek propensity to speculate and conduct bazaar trade remained valid until the early 1980s, as seen in the so-called 'cotton affair' , which triggered a series of rumors and images about Uzbek nepotism and mafia structures among the Soviet public. I argue that this rather represents traditional work preferences among Central Asian populations, where it possible to identify one of the sources of the role of a 'provider of stereotypes' played by the region as a periphery of the Russian/Soviet Empire.

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‘Uzbek Speculators’ Behind the Front Line. A Firmly Rooted Russian Colonial Stereotype Versus the Soviet ‘Friendship of Peoples’

Rohoziński¹

2022

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Sport in Central Asia under Gorbachev: Uzbekistan from 1985 to 1991

Akyildiz¹

2021

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This paper assesses the modern and traditional sports of the Soviet Union shortly before its collapse in 1991. The case study is the Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan under the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU, established 1917). Central Asia is a crucial historical case because it was a Muslim-majority region that Moscow wished to transform. The study is interdisciplinary and contains primary and secondary sources from the Cold War era. The research question asks: What did the implementation and impact of Soviet sport look like in Uzbekistan under Mikhail Gorbachev (CPSU leader from March 1985 to December 1991). Uzbekistan's sportspeople, facilities, Spartakiad ranking of 1983, Olympic athletes, and traditional sports are the topics examined.

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Sovietisation in Uzbekistan 1980-1991: success or failure?

Cited by 2 publications

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‘Uzbek Speculators’ Behind the Front Line. A Firmly Rooted Russian Colonial Stereotype Versus the Soviet ‘Friendship of Peoples’

‘Uzbek Speculators’ Behind the Front Line. A Firmly Rooted Russian Colonial Stereotype Versus the Soviet ‘Friendship of Peoples’

Sport in Central Asia under Gorbachev: Uzbekistan from 1985 to 1991

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