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Journey Into Kazakhstan
Alexandra George
其他書名
The True Face of the Nazabayev Regime
出版Bloomsbury Academic, 2001-03-27
主題History / Asia / GeneralPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / World / AsianSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / General
ISBN07618196499780761819646
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9UxpAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan, the second largest of the former 15 Soviet Republics, stretching across 3500 kilometers, has been descending into a social and economic abyss. The decline is more tragic because it was the most Westernized of the Soviet Central Asian republics. In Journey into Kazakhstan, the author travels to different regions - the Aral Sea, the Caspian region, the vast central steppelands, the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Polygon, Karaganda, built by Stalin labour camp prisoners, ravaged industrial towns like Shymkent and Kentau, and collapsing state farms. Through on-the-spot reporting the reader will witness how an entire society is descending rapidly back to the pre-industrial era on account of misgovernance and malfeasance and the collapse of education and social welfare.