Waiting for winter to end : an extraordinary journey through Soviet Central Asia / Georgie Anne Geye...
Waiting for winter to end : an extraordinary journey through Soviet Central Asia / Georgie Anne Geye...
Waiting for winter to end : an extraordinary journey through Soviet Central Asia / Georgie Anne Geyer.
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Washington : Brassey's, c1994.
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N915.80441/1
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 237 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Waiting for Winter: The Ruins of Utopianism -- 2. Tatarstan: Getting Even After 440 Years -- 3. Kazakhstan: Rumor of the New Silk Road -- 4. Kyrgyzstan: The Silk Revolution, a Democratic Buddha of a President, and Three-Story Houses -- 5. Uzbekistan: Voyage to the Center of the World -- 6. Baku:...
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Washington : Brassey's, c1994.
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District of Columbia
Date Published
c1994.
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Soviet Central Asia: an exotic region of harsh deserts and rugged mountains shut off by communism since 1917, mysterious lands that still evoke images of the ancient Silk Road caravans. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tatarstan, and Azerbaijan are primarily inhabited by Muslim peoples of whom we know very little.
Now that the long winter of communism has ended and these new republics slowly open to the West, syndicated columnist and television personality Georgie Anne Geyer has taken it upon herself to learn more. A modern-day Marco Polo, she shares her eye-opening personal experiences in Waiting for Winter to End. Join her as she sets out from Moscow for K...
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Waiting for winter to end : an extraordinary journey through Soviet Central Asia / Georgie Anne Geyer.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-228) and index.
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c1994.
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N915.80441/1
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0028811100 :
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915.80441
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991022622089702626
