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These states (Kazakhistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan , Kirgizstan, Tajikistan) are the products of "divide & conquer" or "divide & rule" policy, there was one Turkestan before russians. They promoted and made use of tribal sub-identities (Uzbek, Turkmen etc.. ) instead of national identity (Basically Turk).
Uzbekistan is the key state in central asia which has more population than the sum of others and fergana valley was not choosen randomly, it is the key place geopolitically.
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