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The modern history of Soviet Central Asia
In: Asia-Africa series of modern histories
Obituary: Lieut‐Colonel G. M. E. Morgan
In: Asian affairs, Volume 14, Issue 2, p. 230-230
ISSN: 1477-1500
Iran and westernization Geoffrey wheeler
In: Asian affairs, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 158-160
ISSN: 1477-1500
Obituaries
In: Asian affairs, Volume 13, Issue 1, p. 115-116
ISSN: 1477-1500
The science of turcology: Signs of its revival in Britain
In: Asian affairs, Volume 11, Issue 1, p. 63-67
ISSN: 1477-1500
Islam and the Soviet Union
In: Asian affairs, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 245-251
ISSN: 1477-1500
Encounters with communism in Asia: Personal recollections
In: Asian affairs, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 306-312
ISSN: 1477-1500
The Turkic languages of Soviet Muslim Asia: Russian linguistic policy
In: Middle Eastern studies, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 208-217
ISSN: 1743-7881
Nationalism versus communism in Asia
In: Asian affairs, Volume 8, Issue 1, p. 38-47
ISSN: 1477-1500
Islam and the Soviet Union
In: Middle Eastern studies, Volume 13, Issue 1, p. 40-49
ISSN: 1743-7881
The Turkic Languages of Soviet Muslim Asia: Russian Linguistic Policy
In: Middle Eastern studies, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 208-217
ISSN: 0026-3206
Traced is the course of Soviet linguistic policy regarding Turkic languages within the USSR. Described are the Turkic-speaking population, Soviet policy on language use & development, & educational policy. Many underdeveloped &, in some instances, primitive tongues were adapted for use as media of education & of modern written communication equipped with the necessary grammatical & lexicographical aids. Establishment of Russian as 'a second mother tongue' has not fared so well, however. The Soviet belief that abandonment of the Arabic script & removal of the Arabic & Persian loan vocabularies would lead to deterioration of Islamic culture has not been realized. The proposal of a 'united Turkic cyrillic alphabet' would contribute greatly to the homogenization of the Turkic peoples in the nation, & would represent a marked change in Soviet linguistic & nationalities policies. A. Sbragia.
The study of Soviet central Asia today
In: Middle Eastern studies, Volume 12, Issue 2, p. 169-176
ISSN: 1743-7881
Encyclopaedia Sovietica?
In: Asian affairs, Volume 7, Issue 1, p. 66-67
ISSN: 1477-1500