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Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible Eurasian boundaries for the subregion. Soviet Central Asia (Russian: Советская Средняя Азия, romanized: Sovetskaya Srednyaya Aziya) was the part of Central Asia administered by the Russian SFSR and then the Soviet Union between 1918 and 1991, when the Central Asian republics declared independence.
The Russians in Central Asia History Today. March 1956, 6#3 pp 172–180. Wheeler, Geoffrey. The modern history of Soviet Central Asia (1964). online free to borrow; Williams, Beryl. "Approach to the Second Afghan War: Central Asia during the Great Eastern Crisis, 1875–1878." 'International History Review 2.2 (1980): 216–238.
Homo sapiens reached Central Asia by 50,000 to 40,000 years ago. The Tibetan Plateau is thought to have been reached by 38,000 years ago. [7] [8] [9] The currently oldest modern human sample found in northern Central Asia, is a 45,000-year-old remain, which was genetically closest to ancient and modern East Asians, but his lineage died out quite early.
The final phase of Soviet consolidation came with the formal incorporation of Central Asian territories into the USSR. By 1924, the Soviet government had established the Central Asian Soviet Republics, including Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, effectively integrating them into the Soviet system. [17]
Architecture of Central Asia refers to the architectural styles of the numerous societies that have occupied Central Asia throughout history. These styles include a regional tradition of Islamic and Iranian architecture , including Timurid architecture of the 14th and 15th centuries, as well as 20th-century Soviet Modernism.
The Chorasmian Archaeological-Ethnographic Expedition of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (also known as Choresmian Expedition, Khorezmian Expedition) explored a large area of Central Asia, where between 1937 and 1991 its members found and recorded almost a thousand archaeological sites. It was the biggest and longest-lasting of all ...
Central Asia fell largely under the control of Russia in the 19th century, following the Russian conquest of Central Asia. Russian Turkestan (1867–1917) was the western part of Turkestan within the Russian Empire 's Central Asian territories, and was administered as a krai or governor-generalship .
The book discusses major water projects implemented and proposed during the Russian Empire and Soviet Union in Central Asia. Pipe Dreams received acclaim from critics, who recognized it as a substantial contribution to the environmental history of Central Asia. The book is based on Peterson's PhD dissertation written at Harvard University. [1]