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Einblicke in die kirgisische Sowjetrepublik
(Text)
The Soviet state promised its citizens liberation from the shackles of an outmoded past. Soviet modernism after 1945 even found enthusiastic followers on the Central Asian periphery. But from the 1960s at the latest public criticism grew loud. A small group of intellectuals around Chinghiz Aitmatov criticized the decay of traditions, the repression of Islam and the increasing environmental destruction. This triggered a gradual process of delegitimisation of Soviet rule. The volume analyses this process, using the example of the Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan, ranking it alongside global historical contexts of decolonisation, Cold War and a growing criticism of modernism.
(Text)
In March 1991 in Kyrgyzstan, only months before independence, a clear majority of almost 96 % voted for the preservation of the USSR. Even if there was fraud, it is still remarkable that this figure was higher than in most other republics of the USSR. How can we explain this result? And what are the implications for our understanding of the USSR as an (anti)imperial state? These questions can only be answered by closely examining the pre-history of the referendum. The present study shows that Soviet modernity had great appeal from the perspective of a supposedly underdeveloped Muslim periphery. At the same time, it shows how contradictory the Soviet system remained. Even if only months before the end most people in Kyrgyzstan wanted to preserve the first Socialist state, in retrospect most would agree that its fall was logical and inescapable.
(Author portrait)
Dr. Moritz Florin wurde 2013 an der Universität Hamburg promoviert. Derzeit ist er Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte mit dem Schwerpunkt der Geschichte Osteuropas an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
