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Islamic Scholarly Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917

  • Rian Thum
  • 6 minute read
A review of The Persianate Sphere during the Age of Empires: Islamic Scholars and Networks of Exchange in Central Asia,…
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Ordinary People and Everyday Lives in Kulob, Tajikistan

  • Till Mostowlansky
  • 6 minute read
A review of Temporality and Subjectivity in Kulob, Southern Tajikistan: An Ethnography of Ordinary People and Their Everyday Lives, by…
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Mobilization and Ethnicity in Kazakhstan during World War II

  • David R. Stone
  • 6 minute read
A review of “A Fortress of the Soviet Home Front”: Mobilization and Ethnicity in Kazakhstan during World War II, by…
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Friendship in a Mongolian Mining Town

  • Eeva Kesküla
  • 5 minute read
A review of Treasure Underfoot and Far Away: Mining, Foreignness, and Friendship in Contemporary Mongolia, by Marissa Jo Smith. The…
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Kazakh Nomads and the Soviet State, 1919-1934

  • Robert Kindler
  • 5 minute read
A review of Kazakh Nomads and the New Soviet State, 1919-1934, by Alun Thomas. Nomads constituted a permanent challenge for…
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Citizenship in Soviet Uzbekistan

  • Brent Hierman
  • 7 minute read
A review of Implementing a Vision of Citizenship in Soviet Uzbekistan: Theory, Social Issues and Education, by Sevket Chevy Akyildiz…
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Siberian Patriots and the Russian Imperial State, 1858-1920

  • Alistair Dickins
  • 10 minute read
Review of Siberian Patriots: Participatory Autocracy and the Cohesion of the Russian Imperial State, 1858-1920, by David Rainbow David Rainbow’s…
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Transnational Conceptions of Russian-Language Literature

  • Christopher Fort
  • 5 minute read
A review of Russophonia: Towards a Transnational Conception of Russian-Language Literature, by Naomi Caffee. Naomi Caffee’s 2013 dissertation offers a…
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Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

  • Rebekah Ramsay
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  • 6 minute read
A review of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Архив Президента Республики Казахстан / Қазақстан Республикасы…
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Mongolian Identities in the Qing-Republican Transition

  • Matthew King
  • 9 minute read
A review of Ethnicizing the Frontier: Imperial Transformation and Ethnic Confrontations in China-Inner Mongolia, 1890s-1930s, by Liping Wang. Ethnicizing the…
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