Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia / Edition 1

by S. Frederick Starr

Overview

The Ferghana Valley can reasonably be said to lie in the heart of Central Asia. As such, the Valley has made an inordinate contribution to the history and culture of the region as a whole, as well as significantly affecting the economic, political and religious spheres. This book looks at the region over time, from its early history to the present. It embraces not just the obvious fields of politics, economics and religion, but also ethnography, sociology and culture, and includes the insights of leading scholars from all three Ferghana countries. The book discusses various questions of identity relating to the region, showing how the identity of the Ferghana Valley relates to the emerging national identities of the three post-colonial states that are still gradually emerging from the demise of the Soviet Union, as well as how an understanding of the Ferghana Valley is key to understanding Central Asia itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765629999
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/15/2011
Series:	Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus , #3
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introducing the Ferghana Valley S. Frederick Starr ix

1 The Ferghana Valley: The Pre-Colonial Legacy Abdukakhor Saidov (Tajikistan) Abdulkhamid Anarbaev (Uzbekistan) Valentina Goriyacheva (Kyrgyz Republic) 3

2 The Rise and Fall of the Kokand Khanate Victor Dubovitskii (Tajikistan) Khaydarbek Bababekov (Uzbekistan) 29

3 Colonial Rule and Indigenous Responses, 1860-1917 Ravshan Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) Namoz Khotamov (Tajikistan) Tashmanbet Kenensariev (Kyrgyz Republic) 69

4 Soviet Rule and the Delineation of Borders in the Ferghana Valley, 1917-1930 Sergey Abashin (Russia) Kamoludin Abdullaev (Tajikistan) Ravshan Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) Arslan Koichiev (Kyrgyz Republic) 94

5 The Ferghana Valley Under Stalin, 1929-1953 Kamoludin Abdullaev (Tajikistan) Ravshan Nazarov (Uzbekistan) 119

6 The Ferghana Valley in the Eras of Khrushchev and Brezhnev Ravshan Nazarov (Uzbekistan) Pulat Shozimov (Tajikistan) 140

7 Cultural Life in the Ferghana Valley Under Khrushchev and Brezhnev Zukhra Madamidzhanova (Tajikistan) Ildar Mukhtarov (Uzbekistan) 164

8 The Ferghana Valley During Perestroika, 1985-1991 Pulat Shozimov (Tajikistan) Baktybek Beshimov (Kyrgyz Republic) Khurshida Yunusova (Uzbekistan) 178

9 A New Phase in the History of the Ferghana Valley, 1992-2008 Baktybek Beshimov (Kyrgyz Republic) Pulat Shozimov (Tajikistan) Murat Bakhadyrov (Uzbekistan) 205

10 Economic Development in the Ferghana Valley Since 1991 Sayidfozil Zokirov (Uzbekistan) Khojamahmad Umarov (Tajikistan) 232

11 Land, Water, and Ecology Christine Bichsel (Switzerland) Kholnazar Mukhabbatov (Tajikistan) Lenzi Sherfedinov (Uzbekistan) 253

12 Culture in the Ferghana Valley Since 1991: The Issue of Identity Pulat Shozimov (Tajikistan) Joomart Sulaimanov (Kyrgyz Republic) Shamshad Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) 278

13 Islam in the Ferghana Valley: Between National Identity and Islamic Alternative Bakhtiyar Babadjanov (Uzbekistan) Kamil Malikov (Kyrgyz Republic) Aloviddin Nazarov (Tajikistan) 296

14 The Ferghana Valley and the International Community Inomjon I. Bobokulov (Uzbekistan) 373

Conclusion S. Frederick Starr 393

About the Editors, Authors, and Contributing Authors 405

Index 411