Din, Shams ud <br/><br/>
Secularisation in the USSR 

 - New Delhi  Vikas.  1982 
 - 256p. 
<br/><br/> Even a casual glance at the history of Central Asia leaves us<br/>in no doubt that since the advent of Islam in Central Asia, its all-<br/>embracing role has been one of the determining factors in the life<br/>of Central Asians. The drive for secularisation in Central Asia<br/>was thus primarily linked with the maintenance and consolidation<br/>of the Russian Empire in the shape of a "proletarian<br/>multinational state controlled by the Russian communists".<br/>This is the most up-to-date study of the Soviet policy of<br/>secularisation and its implementation in Soviet<br/>Uzbekistan. The subject of this study concerns an important<br/>aspect of development of Soviet <br/>society during its formativeperiod, 1917-1938.<br/>A powerfully organised politica movement as well as one party<br/>state-structure committed to creating new bases of political<br/>power continue to be the main bulwark of the Soviet policy of<br/>secularisation. In short, this policy in the USSR has yet to<br/>acquire a self-generating character. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>706912748 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Secularism
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.60947 Din