National and Ethnic - Central Asia and Adjacent Areas

Slavic, East European, and Former USSR Resources

National and Ethnic Home Pages

Central Asia and Surrounding Adjacent Areas

INDEX

Afghanistan	Kyrgyzstan	North Korea [DPRK]	Turkmenistan
Central Asia - Inner Asia -- General	Manchuria	Tajikistan	Uyghuristan (Eastern Turkistan)
Inner Mongolia	Mongolia	Tibet	Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan	-	-	-

Central Asia or Inner Asia General Sites

Eurasia.Org. - The south Caucasus countries, Central Asia, and Mongolia.
Central Asia. From www.AsianAmerica.Net.
WWW-VL: History: Central Asia. From Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.
WWW-VL: History. Ancient Near East. From WWW-VL: History: Central Catalogue Abridged.
«Central Asian Studies World Wide» - Resources for the Study of Central Asia.
Central Asia and Caucasus.
Central Asia and the Caucasus. An internet resource page hosted by the East European, Russian, and Eurasian National Resource Center at Columbia University.
Central Asia - Orta Asya - Zentralasien - Asie Centrale - Urta Asiya - Zentralniy Asiya.
Central Asia Commerce.
Turkish World Resources on the Internet.
Turkish Turan History.
The Red Kaganate. The Origins of the Polovtsy. By Dmitriy V. Ryaboy.
The Pechenegs. By Steven Lowe and Dmitriy V. Ryaboy.
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook.
Bashiri Working Papers on Central Asia and Iran. By Professor Iraj Bashiri.
The Aral Sea Homepage.
Essays on Central Asia. By H.B. Paksoy.
Alpamysh - Central Asian Identity Under Russian Rule. By H. B. Paksoy.
Nationality or religion? By H. B. Paksoy.
Lost Cities of the Silk Road - A Space-Age Search for Relics of Eurasia's Distant Past. - Pamela Logan's Asia Adventure Page.
The Silk Road and Central Asia On the World Wide Web.
Major Ethnic Groups in Central Asia.
Map of Central Asia and Surrounding Areas.

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Republic of Kazakstan or Kazak sites

The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Welcome to the Official Kazakhstan [Office of the President of Kazakhstan].
Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Ministerstvo inostrannykh del' Respubliki Kazakhstan.
The National Bank of Kazakhstan.
Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United Kingdom.

Political Sites for the Republic of Kazakhstan

General Sites for Kazakhstan

Gateway to Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan Resource Page. From Eurasianet.org.
Welcome to Kazakhstan. By Parasang-Plus Company Ltd.
Kazakstan on the Net - By Dauren Toleukhanov.
The Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research.
Kazakhstan Links. By Jonathan Laatsch.

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Kazakhstan

Kazakstan - Organizations by City. From Civil Society International.
Kazakhstan - [City of] Turkistan. From Kazakhstan. [Note city list at bottom of the page].
The Almaty EXPATsite.
Astana - New Capital of Kazakstan.
Karaganda.
East Kazakhstan.
East Kazakhstan Ecosystem.
Cities and Sites. From Plants Genetic Resources in Central Asia and Caucasus.

Cultural Related Sites for Kazakhstan

History Related Sites for Kazakhstan

Ethnic Groups of Kazakhstan

Other Kazakh Sites

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Republic of Turkmenistan or Turkmen sites

The Government of the Republic of Turkmenistan

His Excellency Saparmurat Niyazov "Turkmenbashi" President of Turkmenistan and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Turkmenistan - Embassy of Turkmenistan, Washington, D.C.

Political Sites for the Republic of Turkmenistan

General Sites for Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan. From Welcome to Turkic Republics.
Political Map of Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan. From REENIC.
Turkmen International Homepage. From Turkmen.Com.
Turkmenistan Chaihana - The Peace Corps Friends of Turkmenistan Website.

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Turkmenistan

Ashgabat. By Iraj Bashiri.
Merv.
Cities and Sites. From Plants Genetic Resources in Central Asia and Caucasus.

Cultural Related Sites for Turkmenistan

History Related Sites for Turkmenistan

Basmachi Rebellion 1916-1931.
"Basmachi:" Turkistan National Liberation Movement 1916-1930s. By H.B. Paksoy. From Essays on Central Asia.

Ethnic Groups of Turkmenistan

Major Ethnic Groups in Central Asia.

Other Turkmen Sites

Turkmenistan, August 2001. By Jakub Mikulastik.

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Republic of Uzbekistan or Uzbek sites

The Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Political Sites for the Republic of Uzbekistan

General Sites for Uzbekistan

Umid World.
Uzbekistan: Internet Links.
Uzbekistan. From REENIC.
Uzbekistan: Statistics. From Center for Economic Research - Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
"Uzbekistan on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century" By I. A. Karimov.

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Uzbekistan

Cultural Related Sites for Uzbekistan

History Related Sites for Uzbekistan

The Perils of Nationalism in Independent Uzbekistan. By Morgan Liu.

Ethnic Groups of Uzbekistan

The Assertion of the Uzbek National Identity.
Major Ethnic Groups in Central Asia.
Tajik-Uzbek Relations: Divergent National Historiographies Threaten To Aggravate Tensions. By Igor Torbakov.
Uzbekistan, Ethnic Composition and Discriminations. By David Carlson.

Other Uzbek Sites

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Republic of Kyrgyzstan or Kyrgyz sites

The Government of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Republic Official Government Site.
Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic to the U.S.A. and Canada.
National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyz Republic.
Kyrgyzstan Govt. Links.

Political Sites for the Republic of Kyrgyzstan

General Sites for Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyzstan Freenet.
Kyrgyzstan Online! From The Kyrgyzstan Freenet.
KYRGYZSTAN at Friends & Partners.
Kyrgyzstan. From REENIC.
Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway.
Welcome to Turkic Republics -- Kyrgyzstan.
C.A.T. Corporation - Central Asian Tourism Corporation (Kyrgyzstan). The Photo Gallery includes many pictures, including sections on Bishkek, Issyk-Kul Lake, and The Great Silk Road.

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek. By Iraj Bashiri.
Cities and Sites. From Plants Genetic Resources in Central Asia and Caucasus.

Cultural Related Sites for Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz National University Named After J. Balasagyn.
American University in Kyrgyzstan - the official web-site. An Unofficial page. And another one.
American University - Central Asia. American University in Central Asia 205, Abdymomunova st. Bishkek 720000 Kyrgyzstan.

History Related Sites for Kyrgyzstan

Ethnic Groups of Kyrgyzstan

Major Ethnic Groups in Central Asia.

Other Kyrgyz Sites

Kyrgyz Style. The Center for Development of Traditional and Contemporary Culture "Kyrgyz Style", is an officially registered NGO in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Kyrgyzstan. From Ian Alexander's Natural Patterns, Wallpapers & Backgrounds Library.

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Republic of Tajikistan or Tajik sites

The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

Political Sites for the Republic of Tajikistan

General Sites for Tajikistan

Tajikistan Resource Page. From EURASIANET.org.
Tajikistan. From Pars Times.
Asia Links - Tajikistan. From Asia Source - A Resource of the Asia Society.
Catalog of Tajikistan Resources on the Net.
Tajikistan Resource Page. From EURASIANET.org.
Welcome to Travel Tajikistan.

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Tajikistan

Welcome to Dushanbe (The Capital of Tajikistan). By Tirdâd Gorgâni.
Khorasan.
Gorno-Badakhshan. From Bashiri Working Papers on Central Asia and Iran.
Cities and Sites. From Plants Genetic Resources in Central Asia and Caucasus.
Tajikistan Travel Site. By Tirdâd Gorgâni.
Tajik Map Resources on Internet. By Tirdâd Gorgâni.
Map of Tajikistan.

Cultural Related Sites for Tajikistan

Tajik Personalities Throughout History. From Khorasan.
Art of Tajiks in Central Asia. By Tirdâd Gorgâni.

History Related Sites for Tajikistan

Rewriting Tajik History.

Ethnic Groups of Tajikistan

Other Tajik Sites

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Islamic State of Afghanistan or Afghani sites

The Government of the Republic of Afghanistan

Political Sites for the Republic of Afghanistan

General Sites for Afghanistan

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Afghanistan

Cultural Related Sites for Afghanistan

The Afghan Network. Their @Culture's Gateway To Virtual Afghanistan™.
Enemies of the Afghan heritage.
Kabul Museum.

History Related Sites for Afghanistan

A Brief History of Afghanistan. By Adam Ritscher.

Ethnic Groups of Afghanistan

General Afghan Ethnic Sites

Major Ethnic Groups of Afghanistan Page. [Pashtuns - - Uzbeks and Turkmens - - Tajiks - - Hazaras - - Nuristani, Aimaq, Baluchi, etc.].
The Languages of Afghanistan.
Languages of Afghans.
Who are the Afghans? A look at ethnic groups.
The Ethnic Cleansing of Afghans in Northern Afghanistan.
The People [of Afghanistan].
Map of Location of Main Afghan Ethnic Groups.

Pashto/Pashtu/Pukhtun Afghan strand [38%]

Badakhshan Afghan strand

Nuristan Afghan strand

Nuristân - The Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush. Nuristân lies in the Hindu Kush mountains of northeastern Afghânistân.

Dari Afghan strand

[Dari] Language and Literacy.

Watan Afghan strand

Watan Afghanistan.

Hazara Afghan strand [19%]

hazara.net's [Hazara] Page. Their Hazara section. And their Who Are the Hazaras? Link. [The Hazara Mongols of Afghanistan represent one of the last surviving Mongol remnants in western Asia of the Vast empire which was conquered by the armies of Chinggis Khan in the early thirteenth century and consolidated by his descendants.]
Hazara Press.
Hazara House - Welcome to Hazara House Home Page. [See Background section for info on the Hazaras].

Uzbek Afghan strand [6%]

Tajik Aghan strand [25%]

Hinko Afghan Strand

Welcom to Hinko Home. [This ethnic group lives primarily just across the Afghan border in Pakistan].

Afghan Hindu and Sikhs strand

Welcome to Afghan Hindus & Sikhs Home Page.

Other Ethnic strands (Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Baluchis, etc)

Other Afghani Sites

Welcome to the home page of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).
Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan.
Today's News in Persian. From BBC News Online.
Afghanistan Online - "The Friendliest Country in the World, Possibly the Universe".
In Search of Al Qaeda.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

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Uyghuristan or Eastern Turkistan or Sherqiy Türkistan or Xinjiang (Sinkiang) Uyghur Autonomous Region of the PR of China sites

Government-Related Sites for Eastern Turkistan

Sites Advocating or Preferring the Independence of Uyghuristan or Eastern Turkistan from the Peoples Republic of China

East Turkestan. From UNPO - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation.

Sites Which Acknowledge Peoples Republic of China Control Over Uyghuristan or Eastern Turkistan

Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Regional Museum. From China Museum[s].

Political Sites for Eastern Turkistan

East Türkestan (Uyghuristan) National Congress.
CACCP - Fredom for the Heart and Soul of Eastern Turkestan!. [CACCP - Citizens Against Communist Chinese Propaganda].
People's Republic of China. Gross Violations of Human Rights in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. - Amnesty International - Report - ASA 17/18/99 April 1999.
The International Taklamakan Human Rights Association (ITHRA).

General Sites for Eastern Turkistan

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Eastern Turkistan

WWW Links to URUMQI,Xinjiang.
The Urumqi Travel Guide. From BootsnAll.com.
City Guide : Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region : Urumqi. From TravelChinaGuide.com.
A New 'Shining" Kashgar.

Cultural Related Sites for Eastern Turkistan

A WWW Introduction to Uyghur Culture and History. From The Homepage of Nathan Light.
Give and Take: Genealogies in Uyghur Music and Art. [ This is chapter 6 of Nathan Light's dissertation Slippery Paths: The Performance and Canonization of Turkic Literature and Uyghur Muqam Song in Islam and Modernity (Folklore, Indiana University, 1998. Henry Glassie, chair.)]

History Related Sites for Eastern Turkistan