Tajikistan was always the poorest state in the Soviet Union and soon after the Union collapsed in 1991 it descended into the most bloody of all the conflicts that broke out in the shadow of the break up of the USSR. This video looks at that experience, as well as shows some of what Tajikistan looks like, today.
This video is the second in a series of three about Tajikistan and it's social and historical context.
Sources:
A History of the Tajiks: Iranians of the East, Richard Foltz
Central Asia in World History, Peter B. Golden
Azan on the Moon: Entangling Modernity along Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway, Till Mostowlansky
Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia, Frederick Starr (Ed.)
Land Beyond the River: The Untold Story of Central Asia, Monica Whitlock
Also: The Economist, Eurasia.net and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty among others
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:52 Soviet Tajikistan
04:21 Qurghonteppa
06:06 Yaghnobis
09:42 Chiluchor Chashma
11:31 Interruption
12:19 Independent Tajikistan
15:26 Civil War
