ocr: Part of the great Mongol empire, present-day Uzbekistan was incorporated into the Russian Empire between 1865 and 1876.1 Russitication off the area was superficial, and: it was not until Soviet rule that significant Slav immigration occurred. A: further: influx of Slavs into Uzbeldstan occurred during Stalin's program of forced collectivization. 1917 Soviet power established in lashkent. la 1918 Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), incorporating present-day Uzbekistan, proclaimed. la 1923-1941 Language changed four times, from Arabic alphabet to Latin, then based on Iranized ...
