“The perception of RU in Kyrgyzstan has changed significantly since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Intellectuals in Bishkek no longer debate whether Russia’s occupation of the region was colonialism. Today’s decolonial discourse in CA focuses on exposing the atrocities committed under RU rule”
Tereza Hendl
#OpEd Russia likes to believe that its colonization of Central Asia civilized and modernized the region. But a row over high school history textbooks shows that local scholars no longer accept that narrative, writes Erica Marat.
Opinion | At a meeting of the Kyrgyz-Russian Expert Council on History in Moscow, Russian scholars reviewing Kyrgyz secondary school textbooks reprimanded their Kyrgyz counterparts for describing the ...
