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Series Conclusion: Diversity, ethnicity, and mobility in modern Central Asia

Alun Thomas It’s often remarked that academic interest in the history of Central Asia from outside of the region has surged in the past...

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The moneylenders of Tashkent – informal economy, cross-border ties, and Tsarist controls

Roman Osharov Would you take out a loan at 120 percent per annum? In colonial Tashkent, Central Asia's largest and richest city in the...

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Writing a Multiethnic History of the Kazakh Famine

This blog post discusses some upsetting themes. Mehmet Volkan Kasikci In the early 1930s, millions of people starved to death across the...

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Researching Displacement in Central Asia: A Reflection on the Use of Sources

Hanna Matt Drawing on my dissertation research on displacement and famine in Central Asia, this blog post will reflect on the...

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The Last Emir of Bukhara in Exile Across the Border

Malika Zehni “… While the people of Bokhara were asleep… They set fire to the city and threw bombs from aeroplanes,” read the opening...

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Memories of Deportation - From the Russian Far East to Central Asia

Mira Kuzhakhmetova The first migrations of Koreans to the Russian Far East were recorded in the second half of the nineteenth century....

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Geographic Information System (GIS) and Central Asian History

Akira Ueda What is Historical GIS? Geographic Information System (GIS) is a category of computer software that visualises, integrates,...