Was Central Asia a Soviet Colony? Sergei Abashin Analyzes the Most Convincing Arguments For and Against
Sergey Abashin

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Distinguished Professor at the European University in St. Petersburg
Author of the monographs "Nationalisms in Central Asia: in Search of Identity" (St. Petersburg, 2007) and "Soviet Village: between Colonialism and Modernization" (Moscow, 2015), as well as numerous articles and speeches. He studies the history of transformations in Central Asia in the 20th century, and is currently actively engaged in migration research in the post-Soviet space. He lives in St. Petersburg and Moscow.
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