Few parts of the world are the subject of as much sustained journalistic ignorance as Central Asia. One particularly persistent trope is that the region is a dangerous powder keg because of the legacy of Soviet borders. When he drew lines on a map to form new Soviet republics in the s, he created minorities that were bound to make them unstable. Why is this problem?

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The speed and extent of this leans in part on political and economic shifts in Russia, China, Afghanistan, and more. Geography is the main reason outside forces are shaping the growth of Central Asia. The ranges split the region from Afghanistan in the south and China in the east. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan are mostly flat. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are hilly.


How did Stalin draw the map of Central Asia?
Metrics details. Genetic maps provide specific positions of genetic markers, which are required for performing genetic studies. Linkage analyses of Asian families have been performed with Caucasian genetic maps, since appropriate genetic maps of Asians were not available.



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