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The Uzbeks: From Nomadic Tribes to Modern Nation
For centuries, the people now known as Uzbeks were viewed by their neighbors and even themselves through a lens of tribal fragmentation rather than national unity. This episode explores the fascinating transformation of the Uzbek identity from loose confederations of Turkic nomads under the Shaybanid dynasty into a cohesive modern nation-state. We trace how Soviet border delimitation in the 1920s, led by figures like Grigory Ordzhonikidze and Abdurauf Fitrat, accidentally stitched together distinct regional identities into the Republic of Uzbekistan. We examine the role of Jadid intellectuals…
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