Overcoming Forgetfulness: How Central Asian Societies and Elites Perceive the Great Patriotic War

... such as pressing issue of collaboration under the occupation. www.flickr.com/photos/azwegers World War Two veteran, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, May 4, 2008 Unlike Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and the Baltic states, Central Asia was not a theater of war.... ... they moved to Russia, Ukraine, Israel and other countries [6] . www.flickr.com/photos/zz77 World War Two veteran, Leninskoe, Kyrgyzstan As a result, today’s young society in Central Asia largely rejects Soviet ideological models, methods and practices,...