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In the 1926 consensus, people could name their tribe and family, but could not always answer if they were Uzbek, Kyrgyz or Tajik.",2,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},813267,"The Soviet cartographers did not have an easy task of creating order out of the Central Asian patchwork of different peoples, languages and clans. Until 1924, the Russians treated Central Asia as one big region which they called Turkestan - the land of the Turks - as most people who lived there spoke Turkic languages.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":29,"quote_text":30,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":31,"source":32,"quote_tag":33,"commentary":9},813265,"Nearly half the Turkmens in central Asia live outside of Turkmenistan, many of them in Afghanistan and Iran. there are more Tajiks in Afghanistan than in Tajikistan. In Samarkand and Bukhara, both in Uzbekistan, the main language is Tajik. The Uzbeks for their part, account for a sixth of the population of Kyrgyzstan and at least a fifth of the population of Tajikistan.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},751057,"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[40,45],{"id":41,"tag":42},3591188,{"id":43,"tag_name":44},25516,"schopenhauer",{"id":46,"tag":47},3591185,{"id":48,"tag_name":49},30900,"melancholia",{"id":51,"quote_text":52,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":53,"source":54,"quote_tag":55,"commentary":9},630584,"Ala kachuu, 'snatch and run', is what the tradition of bride kidnapping is called in Kyrgyz… around one third of all marriages in Kyrgyzstan occur in this way… thirty per day. More than ninety percent of these wives stay with their kidnapper.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[56],{"id":57,"tag":58},3262486,{"id":59,"tag_name":60},5128,"feminism",{"id":62,"quote_text":63,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":64,"source":65,"quote_tag":66,"commentary":9},538778,"As it is sufficient in Sunni Islam for a man to repeat Talaq, the word for divorce, three times for a couple to be divorced, many Tajik women have received the following text message from their husbands in Russia: 'Talaq, Talaq, Talaq'. In 2011, the Council of Ulema in Tajikistan banned divorce by mobile telephone.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[67],{"id":68,"tag":69},2939706,{"id":70,"tag_name":71},2736,"fascinating",{"id":73,"quote_text":74,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":75,"source":76,"quote_tag":77,"commentary":9},188966,"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now\" he said. \"I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares.\" - President of Uzbekistan",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[78],{"id":79,"tag":80},1208414,{"id":81,"tag_name":82},63,"funny",{"id":84,"quote_text":85,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":86,"source":87,"quote_tag":88,"commentary":92},188962,"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. \"Do you have any porn with you miss?\" The customs officer looked at me with interest.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[89],{"id":90,"tag":91},1208378,{"id":81,"tag_name":82},"**The Backstory**\n\nThis quote is likely from Erika Fatland's book \"The Girl and the Bomb\", where she recounts her experiences traveling through Eastern Europe. The era in which this occurred was marked by the tumultuous transition of post-Soviet states, characterized by corruption, poverty, and a pervasive sense of moral decay. As a Norwegian journalist, Fatland navigated these complexities with an unflinching gaze.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nThe quote reveals the tension between the mundane and the profound. On the surface, it appears as a trivial interaction with a customs officer; however, beneath lies a commentary on the commodification of intimacy in societies ravaged by post-communist disillusionment. The officer's interest in Fatland's possession of pornography highlights how even in regions grappling with moral and economic upheaval, humanity is reduced to its most primal, transactional aspects.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply this mindset today, consider the ways in which you navigate complex, morally ambiguous situations. When confronted with systems that seem to perpetuate commodification or exploitation, recognize the deeper human needs driving these interactions. Approach such situations not as moral failures, but as opportunities to understand the intricate web of power dynamics and humanity's propensity for both degradation and resilience.",{"currentPage":94,"totalPages":94,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":95},1,10]