Ferghana Valley

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 
Starr, S. Frederick.
Ferghana Valley : the heart of Central Asia / edited by S. Frederick Starr with Baktybek 
Beshimov, Inomjon I. Bobokulov, and Pulat Shozimov.
p. cm. — (Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7656-2998-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Fergana Valley—History. 2. Fergana Valley—Geography. 3. Fergana Valley—Social 
conditions. I. Beshimov, Baktybek. II. Bobokulov, Inomjon I. III. Shozimov, P.D. IV. Title. 
DK919.F47S73 2011
958—dc22 
2010044468
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of
American National Standard for Information Sciences
Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,
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Contents
Acknowledgments 
vii
Introducing the Ferghana Valley 
 
S. Frederick Starr
ix
1. The Ferghana Valley: The Pre-Colonial Legacy
Abdukakhor Saidov (Tajikistan), with Abdulkhamid Anarbaev
(Uzbekistan) and Valentina Goriyacheva (Kyrgyz Republic) 
3
2. The Rise and Fall of the Kokand Khanate
Victor Dubovitskii (Tajikistan), with Khaydarbek Bababekov
(Uzbekistan) 
29
3. Colonial Rule and Indigenous Responses, 1860–1917
Ravshan Abdullaev (Uzbekistan), with Namoz Khotamov
(Tajikistan) and Tashmanbet Kenensariev (Kyrgyz Republic) 
69
4. Soviet Rule and the Delineation of Borders in the
Ferghana Valley, 1917–1930
Sergey Abashin (Russia), with 
К
amoludin Abdullaev
(Tajikistan), Ravshan Abdullaev (Uzbekistan), and
Arslan Koichiev (Kyrgyz Republic) 
94
5. The Ferghana Valley Under Stalin, 1929–1953
Kamoludin Abdullaev (Tajikistan), with Ravshan Nazarov
(Uzbekistan) 
119
6. The Ferghana Valley in the Eras of Khrushchev and Brezhnev
Ravshan Nazarov (Uzbekistan), with Pulat Shozimov (Tajikistan) 
140
7. Cultural Life in the Ferghana Valley Under Khrushchev
and Brezhnev
Zukhra Madamidzhanova (Tajikistan), with Ildar Mukhtarov
(Uzbekistan) 
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8. The Ferghana Valley During Perestroika, 1985–1991
Pulat Shozimov (Tajikistan), with Baktybek Beshimov
(Kyrgyz Republic) and Khurshida Yunusova (Uzbekistan) 
178
9. A New Phase in the History of the Ferghana Valley, 1992–2008
Baktybek Beshimov (Kyrgyz Republic), with Pulat Shozimov
(Tajikistan) and Murat Bakhadyrov (Uzbekistan) 
205
10. Economic Development in the Ferghana Valley Since 1991
Sayidfozil Zokirov (Uzbekistan), with Khojamahmad Umarov
(Tajikistan) 
232
11. Land, Water, and Ecology
Christine Bichsel (Switzerland), with Kholnazar Mukhabbatov
(Tajikistan) and Lenzi Sherfedinov (Uzbekistan) 
253
12. Culture in the Ferghana Valley Since 1991: The Issue of Identity
Pulat Shozimov (Tajikistan), with Joomart Sulaimanov
(Kyrgyz Republic) and Shamshad Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) 
278
13. Islam in the Ferghana Valley: Between National Identity and
Islamic Alternative
Bakhtiyar Babadjanov (Uzbekistan), with Kamil Malikov
(Kyrgyz Republic) and Aloviddin Nazarov (Tajikistan) 
296
14. The Ferghana Valley and the International Community
Inomjon I. Bobokulov (Uzbekistan) 
373
Conclusion