History of Central Asia – 1700 to 1991 (Legacies of Division: DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION AND ETHNICITY IN CENTRAL ASIA)

This paper examines the history of the Central Asia region during the Tsarist and Soviet periods, with a particular focus on how these two regimes have shaped and informed the ethnic and religious constitution of the five states, and state policies on ethnicity and religion. In so doing, it aims to provide a basis for understanding the patterns of ethnic and religious discrimination and disadvantage in the five independent republics which constitute Central Asia today.