1991 ⟶ Collapse of the Soviet Union and Rise of Independent Muslim Republics

The Soviet Union collapses. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzst...
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🏢 Collapse of the Soviet Union and Rise of Independent Muslim Republics

The Soviet Union collapses. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, all predominantly Muslim former Soviet republics, become independent. Armenian military occupies one-sixth of Azerbaijani territory expelling over 800,000 ethnic Azerbaijanis from the occupied lands and Armenia proper.⟶
Collapse of the Soviet Union and Rise of Independent Muslim Republics (1991)
Post-Soviet EraCentral AsiaIndependenceNationalismIslam in the CaucasusEthnic ConflictSoviet UnionGeopolitics
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Collapse of the Soviet Union and Rise of Independent Muslim Republics (1991)