Moscow's Muslim Challenge: Soviet Central Asia

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Rywkin, (Russian area studies, CCNY) who spend his youth as a World War II refugee in the city of Samarkand in Soviet Uzbekistan, has devoted his career to study of the Soviet Union. In this revised edition, updated to cover the first five years of perestroika, he combines a history of the area with a probing analysis of current trends in one of the USSR's most turbulent and least understood minority regions. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)