Revolt of 1916 in Russian Central Asia
«Sokol's recitation of events has a compelling clarity. In 180 pages, he conveys the flavor of a region, a historical snapshot of a massacre, and several important observations.
—International Journal on World Peace»
During the summer of 1916, approximately 270,000 Central Asians-Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tajiks, Turkmen, and Uzbeks-perished at the hands of the Russian army in a revolt that began with resistance to the Tsar's World War I draft. Les mer
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It describes the corruption that permeated Russian colonial rule and argues that the uprising was no mere draft riot, but a revolt against Tsarist colonialism in all its dimensions: economic, political, religious, and national. Sokol's masterpiece also traces the chain reaction between the uprising, the collapse of Tsarism, and the Bolshevik Revolution. A classic study of a vanished world, Sokol's work takes on contemporary resonance in light of Vladimir Putin's heavy-handed efforts to persuade Kyrgyzstan to join his new economic union. Sokol explains how an earlier Russian conquest ended in disaster and implies that a modern conquest might have the same effect. Essential reading for historians, political scientists, and policymakers, this reissued edition is being published to coincide with the centennial observation of the genocide.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781421420509
- Utgivelsesår
- 2016
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«Sokol's recitation of events has a compelling clarity. In 180 pages, he conveys the flavor of a region, a historical snapshot of a massacre, and several important observations.
—International Journal on World Peace»
«Sokol carefully recreates events on the ground while relating some of the more instructive moments of the uprising . . . Sokol's account of the uprising—made possible by the publication of archival documents—remains topical and accurate.
—Aminat Chokobaeva, University of Sydney, Europe-Asia Studies»