Recent political changes in Central Asia where the United States is replacing Russia as the dominant power are having a profound effect on Russian speakers in the region. These people formerly perceived as progressive and engaging with Europe are now confronted by the erasure of their literary musical cinematic and journalistic culture as local ethnic and American cultures become much stronger. This book examines the predicament of Russian culture in Central Asia looking at literature language cinema music and religion. It argues that the Soviet past was much more complex than the simplified polarised rhetoric of the Cold War period and also that the present situation in which politicians from the former Soviet regime often continue in power is equally complex. . Language: English