Post-Soviet transformations and The contemporary history of Uzbekistan

UZIN Paper nº. 14 (2014)

The political borders and organizational structures of the contemporary Central Asian republics inclusive of Uzbekistan were created by the Soviets during the “national delimitation” period from 1924 to 1936 that divided the region into several new ethno-linguistically based units. Still today, interpreting national delimitation is one of the most contentious issues in Central Asian historiography.