Russians left behind in Central Asia
Russia’s relationship with the Central Asian states on its southern borders has always had more than a hint of the colonial about it.
For centuries the region was seen as something of a land of opportunity, a kind of “Wild East” to be tamed and civilised.
Many Russians know it from the hugely popular 1969 film White Sun of the Desert, where Red Army troops in the Civil War do battle, cowboy-and-Indian-style, with local bandits over the sand-dunes of the Kara-Kum.
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