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Soviet Central Asia

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noun

  1. Also called: Russian Turkestan.   West Turkestan.  the region of the former Soviet Union now occupied by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

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The U.S. exit is a security headache for Moscow, which sees nearby former Soviet Central Asia as part of its southern defensive flank and fears the spread of radical Islamism.

From Reuters Sep. 1, 2021

The Muslim peoples of Soviet Central Asia called for religious freedom.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

Yelena Georgievna Bonner lived a turbulent life from her birth on Feb. 15, 1923 in Merv, in Soviet Central Asia.

From New York Times Jun. 19, 2011

The unrest in Kyrgyzstan did not appear likely to spread across former Soviet Central Asia, however.

From Salon Apr. 7, 2010

This is why the star patterns in a given constellation do not change as we go from, say, Soviet Central Asia to the American Midwest.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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