Posts by Marina Kozlova

  • Uzbekistan: Do You Speak Russian?

    Uzbekistan: Do You Speak Russian?

    TASHKENT, Uzbekistan | I had a misunderstanding over an Internet card I was trying to buy from a young merchant in one of Tashkent’s stores not far from the Russian […]

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  • Uzbekistan: Lessons in Graft

    Uzbekistan: Lessons in Graft

    TASHKENT, Uzbekistan | Uzbek authorities may be trying to overhaul the educational system to “renew the society” and implement “democratic transformation.” But any steps toward progress may be hindered by […]

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  • Which alphabet should they use?

    Uzbekistan: Dead Letter

    TASHKENT, Uzbekistan | A planned switch from a version of the Cyrillic script introduced for the Uzbek language under Joseph Stalin nearly 70 years ago to the Latin alphabet is […]

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