National identity for the Tajiks, the Uzbeks and the Turkmens is a
construct derived from the Soviet period. Over seventy years of
Soviet social engineering and efforts at creating a Soviet
community have led to the unintended emergence of aspiring
"national" elite and intelligentsia groups, trained and educated in
their "national" languages and identifying Soviet-defined
administrative territories as their "national" motherlands. The
Soviet trained elite and intelligentsia groups in Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan were responsible for the smooth transition to the
post-Soviet era, and thus performed a major role in ensuring
political continuity. These two states seek to legitimise
themselves by claiming to defend and represent the interests of
their "national" communities. The Soviet initiated process of
social engineering is now being modified to serve these states.
National intelligentsia groups, through their scientific,
historical and creative writings, are pivotal for the dissemination
of the national ideal.
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