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Descended from nomadic Mongol tribes who settled in Central Asia in the 13th century, the Uzbeks came under Russian control in the late 19th century. In Oct. 1917 the Tashkent Soviet assumed authority. The semi-independent Khanates of Khiva and Bokhara were first 1920) transformed into People’s Republics, then 1923–24) into Soviet Socialist Republics, and finally merged in the Uzbek SSR and other republics. On 20 June 1990 the Supreme Soviet adopted a declaration of
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Further Reading
Bohr, A. (ed.) Uzbekistan: Politics and Foreign Policy. The Brookings Institution, Washington (D.C.), 1998
Kalter, J. and Pavaloi, M., Uzbekistan: Heir to the Silk Road. Thames and Hudson, London, 1997
Kangas, R. D., Uzbekistan in the Twentieth Century: Political Development and the Evolution of Power. New York, 1994
Melvin, N. J., Uzbekistan: Transition to Authoritarianism on the Silk Road. Routledge, London, 2000
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Turner, B. (2004). Uzbekistan. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2005. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271333_290
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