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 | | The idea of Soviet Republics based on Kazakh, Kirghiz, Uzbek, Tadjik and Turkmen 'nations' was a theoretical construct of Soviet intellectuals rather than a primordial aspiration of any of those Central-Asian peoples. |
 | | 1: Turkistan, consists of the following five oblast' Syr-Darya, Semirechie, Fergana, Samarkand and Trans-Caspian, is the country of Turkic peoples such as Kirgiz, Uzbek, Karakalpak, Kipchak, Taranchi, Tatar, Dungan and others (including Tajik, native Jews of non-Turkic origin, as well as Russian, Armenian, and Jews coming from abroad. |
 | | The formation of an independent republic and autonomous oblast's is a step forward to the establishment of a single state of workers in Central Asia. |
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