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The book "MADE IN USSR" has a long
background. It was inspired by meetings with people whose names and surnames
had surprising and at the same time paradoxical combinations, similar to those
of the author of the book, Tatyana Fatkhullaevna Niyazova, or a clear
disagreement between a person’s appearance and his name. The analysis that
formed the basis of the book was based on the stories about the life of
interethnic families, their descendants, both living in Samarkand and scattered
around the world.
The book highlights and analyzes the family
issues and the phenomenon of interethnic marriages, largely explained by the
ideological policy of the country's internationalism. In chronological order,
the real stories of the appearance of “Russian Turkestani” in Samarkand,
intercultural marriages during the period of “indigenization”, the movement of
“front-line” and soldier wives to the city have been told. The life and
marriages of children of several generations in interethnic families (Uzbeks,
Tajiks, Koreans, Crimean Tatars) have been traced. The book is based on
"interviews" of children or grandchildren who not only preserved the
stories of their parents and grandparents, but also shared photo archives of
their multicultural families.
Some of these people made history, some were
ordinary inhabitants, while others disappeared without a trace from human
memory in the whirlpool of life. The book will be of interest not only to
people from Samarkand, but also to all those involved in the recent history of
the union of fraternal republics, who formed the so-called galaxy of people
"MADE IN USSR".
IICAS is pleased to announce the release of
this publication, the electronic version of which is available on the
website:
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