Overcoming Forgetfulness: How Central Asian Societies and Elites Perceive the Great Patriotic War
... Victory Day, most post-Soviet countries held large celebrations culminating in the May 9 military parade in Moscow. All the Central Asian republics also hold celebratory and commemorative events, surviving Great Patriotic War participants and home-front ... ... prominently affected by the population’s youthfulness. The average median age there ranges from 21 in Tajikistan to 29 in Kazakhstan [1] . Over half of all Central Asians are under 30 years of age, while in Tajikistan youths constitute two thirds ...
12.05.2015