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One hundred years after the Red Army established the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, residents are ambivalent about its meaning.

The apology or recantation is uploaded to social media. Often, there is a pretense of the repentance being voluntary. But that is not always the case.

Most foreign leaders stayed away, but Putin’s Central Asian crew is a dependable lot.

Part 1 of a 3-part series.

Mahalla councils were co-opted for purposes of population control in Soviet times. Coronavirus is giving them a new mission.