Research Note: The New Role of a Central Asian Diaspora
One of the common features of post-Soviet Central Asian diapora is its close connection to the homeland (the independent countries of the former Soviet Central Asia) manifested in various economic ties, including investments into kinship networks and business ventures. This research note discusses...
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One of the common features of post-Soviet Central Asian diapora is its close connection to the homeland (the independent countries of the former Soviet Central Asia) manifested in various economic ties, including investments into kinship networks and business ventures. This research note discusses the transnational Bukharan Jewish diaspora and its links to Uzbekistan that do not fit into this general pattern. Drawing on the history of Bukharan Jews as a ‘go-between’ minority at the time of Russia colonisation of Central Asia in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it investigates the ways in which this structural role has been actualised after the collapse of the USSR and mass emigration of the Bukharan Jews from Central Asia. While the Bukharan Jewish diaspora do not seem to establish new economic lniks to Uzbekstan, the Bukharan Jewish community ogranisaitons strive to become a recognised player in the field of people’s diplomacy.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4d71188a89645fd8262bbd5020c47452022-12-27T13:56:04ZengCBS Open JournalsThe Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies2246-21632022-12-0140210.22439/cjas.v40i2.6783Research Note: The New Role of a Central Asian DiasporaVera Skvirskaja0University of Copenhagen One of the common features of post-Soviet Central Asian diapora is its close connection to the homeland (the independent countries of the former Soviet Central Asia) manifested in various economic ties, including investments into kinship networks and business ventures. This research note discusses the transnational Bukharan Jewish diaspora and its links to Uzbekistan that do not fit into this general pattern. Drawing on the history of Bukharan Jews as a ‘go-between’ minority at the time of Russia colonisation of Central Asia in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it investigates the ways in which this structural role has been actualised after the collapse of the USSR and mass emigration of the Bukharan Jews from Central Asia. While the Bukharan Jewish diaspora do not seem to establish new economic lniks to Uzbekstan, the Bukharan Jewish community ogranisaitons strive to become a recognised player in the field of people’s diplomacy. https://192.168.7.24:443/index.php/cjas/article/view/6783people’s diplomacymiddleman minoritypost-Soviet migration |
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| title | Research Note: The New Role of a Central Asian Diaspora |
| title_full | Research Note: The New Role of a Central Asian Diaspora |
| title_fullStr | Research Note: The New Role of a Central Asian Diaspora |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research Note: The New Role of a Central Asian Diaspora |
| title_short | Research Note: The New Role of a Central Asian Diaspora |
| title_sort | research note the new role of a central asian diaspora |
| topic | people’s diplomacy middleman minority post-Soviet migration |
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