Islamic Peoples of the Soviet Union PDF Download

Author: Margaret Bainbridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136153543
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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First Published in 1993. From time to time the outbreak of hostilities in some part of the world or other brings to the notice of the Western media peoples of whose very existence they have previously been unaware. We may mention two such which have made headlines in 1989 and 1990: the Turks of Bulgaria and the Azerbayjanis of the Soviet Union and Iran. Too frequently, however, in interpreting such events, observers tend to attribute the conflict to the one factor which happens to be fashionable at the time; currently that factor seems to be religion. Too rarely do they observe other differences which may exist between the parties in conflict and which may in the end prove more potent; for instance, that the factor most likely to set people apart from each other as they go about their daily business may not be religion at all, but language. As an example of this, too few have pointed out that the Azerbayjanis of the Soviet Union differ from the neighbouring Armenians not only in religion but also in language, and that this contrasts with the situation over the border where the Azerbayjanis of Iran differ from neighbouring Iranians only in language, in speaking Turkic, for they share with the majority Persian population their Shi'ite Muslim faith. This volume holds a collection of essays on the Turkic people in different countries.

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Author: Shirin Akiner
Publisher: Routledge
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Charles Warren Hostler
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000805840
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243

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Turkism and the Soviets (1957) uses Turkish, Russian and Western sources to present a remarkable study of the Turkish world and its importance in international relations. It thoroughly examines the two factors which give this huge ethnic group its great importance – the strategic position of their territories and secondly their homogeneity and common objectives. Throughout this book the role of the Turkish peoples is examined as an issue intimately connected with the problem of the USSR and Communism. The southern border of the Soviet Union divides the Turkish world into two halves and partially cuts through the living area of the Turkish people. This is the area which contains the most important Soviet oil fields. The section of the book which deals with the splintering away of the Turkic portions of the USSR is of vital importance.

Author: Shirin Akiner
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780710300256
Category : Muslims
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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Author: Stephen Adolphe Wurm
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Languages : en
Pages : 51

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Author: Stefan Wurm
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Category : Turkic languages
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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Author: Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich Baskakov
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Category : Turkic languages
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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Author: Nâdir Devlet
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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Author: Shirin Akiner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136142746
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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First published in 1987. The aim of this historical and statistical handbook is to answer three basic questions about the Islamic peoples of the USSR: who they are, where they are and how many of them there are. It is convenient to speak of them as 'Soviet Muslims', grouping them all together under a single, collective heading, but they are in fact quite disparate. For this reason it was decided to treat each ethnic group individually here.