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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797400103321

Autore

Levin Zeev

Titolo

Collectivization and social engineering : Soviet administration and the Jews of Uzbekistan, 1917-1939 / / by Zeev Levin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-29471-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Eurasian Studies Library, , 1877-9484 ; ; Volume 5

Disciplina

305.892/4058709041

Soggetti

Jews - Uzbekistan - History

Jews - Government policy - Soviet Union - 20th century

Uzbekistan History 1917-1991

Uzbekistan Ethnic relations 20th century

Soviet Union Ethnic relations 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical refererences and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 “The Wastelands”: The Jews of Central Asia -- 2 “We’ll Change Henceforth the Old Tradition”: The Bolshevik Revolution in Central Asia -- 3 “Workers of the World Unite!”: Central Asia and the Nationalities Question -- 4 The Hungry Steppe – The Plans -- 5 The Hungry Steppe (Mirzo-Chul): The Implementation -- 6 Not Only in the Steppes: Building an Urban Proletariat -- 7 Reclaiming the Cultural Wastelands -- End of an Era, and an Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Zeev Levin seeks to provide a comprehensive picture of government efforts to socialize the Jewish masses in Uzbekistan, a process in which the central Soviet government took part, together with the local, republican and regional administrations and Soviet Jewish activists. This research presents a chapter in the history of the Jews in Uzbekistan, as well as contributing to the study of the socialization process of the Jewish population in the USSR in general. It also contributes to the study of relations among political and government bodies and decision makers. The study is based on archival documents and provides a unique glance at the implementation of Soviet



nationalities policy towards Bukharan Jews while comparing it to other national minority groups in Uzbekistan.