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Russification In The Soviet East: Education In Uzbekistan And The Emancipation Of Uzbek Women, 1938-1956, Anna Sochnikova Jul 2006

Russification In The Soviet East: Education In Uzbekistan And The Emancipation Of Uzbek Women, 1938-1956, Anna Sochnikova

History Theses & Dissertations

Before the Revolution of 1917, the Uzbek population had a traditional system of religious education, but the literacy level of the Uzbek people was very low. After the Soviets seized power in Uzbekistan, they promoted the development of Uzbek language and culture. In 1937 the Soviet government subjected the entire Uzbek nation to political and ideological instructions. The Russian language became the primary language that dominated many aspects of Uzbek life: party apparatus, science, technologies, state administration, and higher education.

Throughout the Soviet period the majority of children in the rural areas of Uzbekistan attended native schools, while an increasing …


Maine Women's Insider (April 2006), Maine Women's Lobby Staff Apr 2006

Maine Women's Insider (April 2006), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

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The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Fall), Maine Women's Lobby Staff Jan 2006

The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Fall), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Summer), Maine Women's Lobby Staff Jan 2006

The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Summer), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Winter), Maine Women's Lobby Staff Jan 2006

The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Winter), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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The (No) Work And (No) Leisure World Of Women In Assi, Banaras, Nita Kumar Jan 2006

The (No) Work And (No) Leisure World Of Women In Assi, Banaras, Nita Kumar

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

In the riverside neighborhood (mohalla) of Assi, in the south of Banaras, families of the following professions are to be found: the preparation and retail of foods such as: milk, sweets, tea, paan, peanuts and snacks; clerical work in offices or shops; private professional work, such as priesthood, teaching, boating, cleaning toilets; and crafts, such as masonry, weaving, making and maintaining jacquard machines, carpentry, and goldsmithy. All this work is done by men in the public sphere. In Banaras, the observable and articulated sphere of activity called "work" (kam) largely exists for men only. Men are …