Uzbekisation
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Uzbekisation or Uzbekization is the process of something, or someone culturally non-Uzbek becoming Uzbek. The term is often used to describe the process of incorporating the region now occupied by Tajikistan as an autonomous republic within the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in the 1920s.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the term "Uzbekization" has been applied to the processes in Uzbekistan that reverse the results of Sovietization and Russification. Among these are restoring the importance of Uzbek language, which replaced the Russian language in obligatory education, promotion of Uzbek tradition and culture.
The term "Uzbekisation" is also used to refer to the cultural assimilation of the Tajiks in Uzbekistan. According to some sources[1], The Tajik population of Uzbekistan may be as high as the 42% of the total population of the country. However, the Uzbek government places the total population of the ethnic group at not even the half of this percentage.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ D. Carlson, "Uzbekistan: Ethnic Composition and Discriminations", Harvard University, August 2003
- ^ Government of Uzbekistan, Population and labor resources
