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Containment of Islamic Insurgency (Teaching module)
This teaching module examines the case of the Basmachi movement as Islamic insurgency and identity-based conflict, and its containment by the government in Central Asia in the 1920s. Using the primary source materials from the RPI collection, students will learn:
- What political, economic, and social factors influenced people to join the Basmachi movement;
- What economic and social policies were effective in the containment of the mass violence;
- How the acceptance of both Soviet laws and the Sharia helped in fighting with the Islamist insurgency.
Included is a description of theoretical concepts, case analysis, and bibliograhy.
The Rise of Islamic Insurgency (Teaching module)
This teaching module examines the case of the Basmachi movement as Islamic insurgency in Central Asia in the 1920s. Using the primary source materials from the RPI collection, students will learn:
- What internal and external factors helped insurgency leaders to recruit local population;
- How the insurgency became a political movement;
- How inadequate government policies contribute to the rise of insurgency.
Included is a description of theoretical concepts, case analysis, and bibliograhy.
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Soviet Muslim Posters
Visual propaganda played an enormous role in the history of the 20th century. In contrast to the 19th century, it...