The Bolshies actually came to power in Tashkent befoew St. Petersburg. You get 50% of the population on your side, and that's a lot of support! ;)
--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Chris Doss wrote:
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> >FWIW, according to her the Bolsheviks were very
> >populer among the female population of Uzbekistan.
> The
> >Soviets had a very unambiguous religion/gender
> policy
> >in Uzbekistan. "Divorce your second wife, or go to
> >jail. Take off the burka, or we have a place in
> >Siberia waiting for you." Quite popular among women
> >apparently.
> >
> Fuckin'A!
>
> Joanna
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> >
> >
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