Format:
2 Tab., Lit.Hinw. S. 232-233
ISBN:
9780415072656
Content:
The author begins by giving an overview over Kurdish history in Imperial and Soviet Russia. He states that between 1937 and 1944 Armenian Kurds were deported en masse and resettled in Central Asia, while Turkmenian Kurds were subjected to assimilation campaigns and denied education in their own language (nevertheless, they were able to remain conscious of their separate identity). Today, the author estimates that about 450.000 Kurds are inhabiting Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenia and various other Soviet republics. Their language is recognized as one of the Soviet languages, and Kurdish studies are encouraged. Kurds have a double allegiance: to their Kurdish identity and to the Soviet Union. There is no sense of political and cultural alienation. However, the author also notes that even in the age of Perestroika the Kurdish problem is still in existence. Kurds remain unrepresented at high levels of government, and cultural relations between Soviet Kurds and Kurds in other countries are non-existent. (DÜI-Kwe)
In:
The Kurds, London [u.a.] : Routledge, 1992, , Seite 193-218, 9780415072656
In:
0415072654
In:
pages:193-218
Language:
English
