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1. The term stan means “land of,” so, for example, Uzbekistan is the land of the Uzbeks. Central Asia is also referred to as Turkestan. because of the Turkish influence in the region.
2. Kazakhstan
3. The Tengiz Basin around the northeast shores of the Caspian Sea is home to extensive petroleum reserves. Oil pipelines are expanding to transport the oil to port locations and other countries including China.
4. After irrigation projects diverted water from the Aral Sea it began to dry up and left behind salts, other minerals, and toxins in the soil. This has led to increased health problems like respiratory diseases and cancers.
5. The communist nation of China have millions of people working long hours with little pay everyday. So many corporations choose to have their factories in China because the production is fast and cheap.
6. Almost immediately following independence, the nation fell into civil war among various factions; often distinguished by clan loyalties. More than 500,000 residents fled during this time because of persecution, increased poverty and better economic opportunities in the West or in other former Soviet republics.
7. Russia has enjoyed rapid economic expansion. all former Soviet states have joined the Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia has experienced hyperinflation and economic contraction.
The period marked the end of many communist regimes in response to mass protests. End of cold war: End of arms race, end of ideological confrontations. Change in power equations: Unipolar world, capitalist ideology, IMF, World Bank.
Transformed Central Asia into a center for cotton and silk production, and relocated tens of thousands of people to the city from around the Soviet Union. The population also increased with thousands of ethnic Tajiks migrating to Tajikistan following the transfer of Bukhara and Samarkand to the Uzbek SSR.
It produced the upheaval in many Eastern European countries and led to increased crime rates and corruption within the Russian government.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Five Central Asian countries gained independence — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Relations between the steppe nomads and the settled people in and around Central Asia were marked by conflict.
8. In the recent past, during the 1980s, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) played a significant role in inserting U.S. influence in Afghanistan by funding military operations designed to frustrate the Soviet invasion of that country.
9. They swept through the country, destroying mujahedeen groups and imposing strict order. In 1996, the Taliban took the capital city of Kabul, and they ruled Afghanistan until 2001, when the US invaded. ... While urban areas were reformed, rural areas suffered, allowing the Taliban to resurge.
10. The main source of income in the country is agriculture, and during its good years, Afghanistan produces enough food and food products to provide for the people, as well as to create a surplus for export. The major food crops produced are: corn, rice, barley, wheat, vegetables, fruits and nuts.
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