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Sovietisation of Central Asia envisaged establishing a modern industrial-type society devoid of social antagonisms, where social interests would be uniform and national distinctions erased. Implementing this policy involved (a) accelerating economic growth, urbanisation and cultural development to "catch up" with the European USSR; (b) secularising the societies, liquidating traditional patterns of socialisation, dismantling local ties and parochial loyalties; (c) installing a new mode of socialisation, based on uniform communist values; and (d), creating viable "Soviet" nations based on existing ethnic groups.
Economic Problems
(1) | (2) | (3) | |||
USA | 1626 | Israel | 343 | Russia | 656 |
Japan | 610 | Turkey | 445 | Kazak | 2202 |
France | 559 | Egypt | 889 | Tajik | 2332 |
Australia | 327 | Iran | 1307 | Kyrgyz | 2647 |
Switzerland | 133 | Uzbek | 3956 | ||
Turkmen | 6326 |
(1) | (2) | (3) | |||
USA | $3.20 | Israel | $5.10 | Russia | $0.60 |
Japan | 9.50 | Turkey | 2.30 | Kazak | 0.30 |
France | 6.00 | Egypt | 1.20 | Tajik | 0.60 |
Australia | 3.60 | Iran | 0.70 | Kyrgyz | 0.90 |
Switzerland | 10.30 | Uzbek | 0.50 | ||
Turkmen | - |
Interethnic Relations
Regionalism
-distinctive physical traits, eg climate, length of growing season, vegetation;
-special cultural characteristics - e g, dialect, costume, architecture, use of given tools, rituals, what is referred to as a 'culture area' in anthropology;
-natural and artificial barriers, e g mountain ranges, administrative borders;
-a focus, such as a trade centre and/or political or historical capital;
-an ad hoc problem: environmental pollution, crime, ethnic tension, etc. *16
Human Rights
Social Service Problems
Islam
Russia and Central Asia
Conclusion
Notes