Stronski, Paul.

Tashkent : forging a Soviet city, 1930-1966 / Paul Stronski.

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2010.

xv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Central Eurasia in context

""Stronski's groundbreaking research presents a vivid portrayal of how leaders imagined and transformed one of the Soviet Union's most important cities, which was designed to be a model for a postcolonial world."-Jeff Sahadeo, Carleton University, Canada.
"This fascinating study details how Soviet planners used cities as blunt instruments to eliminate the landscapes of imperial Russia and reshape, modernize, and even homogenize traditional societies across the USSR. Stronski illuminates the dramatic and often brutal ways in which Tashkent was conceived and constructed as the population, communications, and cultural hub for a transformed Central Asia."F̮iona Hill, The Brookings Institution.
"A superb piece of research that brings together urban history, social history, and debates about modernity and colonialism in the Soviet periphery. Stronski traces the multifaceted transformation of Tashkent from the 1930's to the 1960's, showing the impact of Soviet power and world war on the city's physical and social environment. This is an important work on a region and period that have received far too little scholarly attention."-Adrienne Edgar, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Paul Stronski tells the fascinating story of Tashkent, an ethnic ally diverse, primarily Muslim city that became the prototype for the Soviet-era reimagming of urban centers in Central Asia. Based on extensive research in Russian and Uzbek archives, Stronski shows how Soviet officials, planners, and architects strived to integrate local ethnic traditions and socialist ideology into a newly constructed urban space and propaganda showcase.
Stronski analyzes how the local population of Tashkent reacted to, resisted, and eventually acquiesced to the city's socialist transformation, He records their experiences or the (treat error World War Stalin's death, and the developments of the Krushchev and Brezhnev eras up until the earthquake of 1966, which leveled large parts of the city "--Book jacket.

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City planning Uzbekistan Tashkent History 20th century.
City planning Political aspects Uzbekistan Tashkent History 20th century.
Social change Uzbekistan Tashkent History 20th century.
Architecture Uzbekistan Tashkent History 20th century.
Urban renewal Uzbekistan Tashkent History 20th century.
City planning Soviet Union Case studies.
Social change Soviet Union Case studies.
Architecture Ouzbékistan Tachkent Histoire 20e siècle.
Rénovation urbaine Ouzbékistan Tachkent Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
City planning
City planning Political aspects
Ethnic relations
Social change
Social conditions
Urban renewal
planification urbaine Tachkent (Ouzbékistan) 1930 1966.
ville rénovation Tachkent (Ouzbékistan) 1930 1966.
changement (sociologie) Tachkent (Ouzbékistan) 1930 1966.
Tashkent (Uzbekistan) History 20th century.
Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Social conditions 20th century.
Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Ethnic relations History 20th century.
Soviet Union
Uzbekistan Tashkent

Case studies.
History
Études de cas.

Series in Russian and East European studies.
Central Eurasia in context.

Location: Library main 272265
Call No.: BIB 205516
Status: Available