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KYRGYZ LEADERSHIP AND ETHNOPOLITICS. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Dec 2008, Pages: 68
The Soviet Union’s multi-ethnic legacy in the Central
Asian region, particularly in Kyrgyzstan was a
crucial factor that impacted its post-independence
state consolidation and transition. More recently in
2005 there was the “Tulip Revolution”, basically an
overthrow of the northern president by the southern
clan leader. Despite the fact that the system and
character of the government and of any other
governmental structures did not change following the
so-called Kyrgyz “Tulip Revolution”, there have been
observations of the dramatic changes for the worse in
the position of ethnic minorities, more specifically
Russians and Uzbeks, and their relation with the
titular nation. This work uses interviews and media
material in order to demonstrate how the elite change
has caused the changes analyzed in the thesis. The
findings of the research demonstrate that the elite
change, which was a result of 2005 events, is the
main factor that has caused negative shifts in the
political representation, ethnic organizations
becoming more active and politicized, official
policies taking more nationalistic tones, and in
deteriorated inter-ethnic relations.
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