Botakoz Kassymbekova

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Soviet ageing, stalinism, cultural and social history, russian imperial cities, soviet central asia. University of Basel, Switzerland

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Tweet Dec 20, 2022

Many of us, ex-colonial subjects of the russian empire, had russian friends before the genocide. We didn’t hold grudge for the past. We spoke russian and thought we shared a culture, even if forcefully imposed on us.

by Botakoz Kassymbekova

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Article Apr 27, 2022

Time to Question Russia’s Imperial Innocence

by Botakoz Kassymbekova and Erica Marat