Independence of the Central Asian republics
1991 · Event
As the USSR dissolves, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan become states for the first time in their modern borders.
On these timelines: The Silk Road & the Steppe, Master, Russia & the USSR, Cold War
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