Russification/Assimilation Policies in Turkestan

İlyas ER History, PhD (c.) Summary Russia’s assimilation policies applied in Turkestan in the 19th and 20th centuries are a comprehensive process damaging the region’s cultural and ethnic structure. Russia; in the Tsarist and Soviet periods, conducted a systematic assimilation activity, primarily in language, religion, education, and culture, and targeted the national identities of Turks […]