"Mustafa Shokay and the Soviet Propaganda Machine"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Articles
E-International Relations
24 December, 2021
Originally published: https://www.e-ir.info/2021/12/24/mustafa-shokay-and-the-soviet-propaganda-machine/
The Soviet propaganda machine created heroes and monsters via exaggerations and, often, lies. Books like The Soviet Propaganda Machine and The Birth of the Propaganda State have researched this topic. However – with notable exceptions – not much has been written in English about the inhabitants of Central Asia who became victims of the propaganda machine. The Kazakhstani scholar and activist Mustafa Shokay (also spelled Çokay or Chokay) is a prime example of the machine at work. His name and legacy have only now begun to be revisited as Kazakhstan has been an independent nation for three decades and a new generation of Central Asian scholars are able to carry out their own historical research.
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