Lenin's successor, Josef Stalin, carved up the region creating countries no rational cartographer would dare. He took a patchwork of ethnic idiosyncrasies, nomadic Kyrgyz, more settled Uzbeks and others drawing lines that would guarantee a tinderbox.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Analysis: Stalin's ethnic tinderbox alight in Kyrgyzstan - CNN.com
Analysis: Stalin's ethnic tinderbox alight in Kyrgyzstan - CNN.com
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