Speaking Soviet with an Accent: Culture and Power in Kyrgyzstan

Index

227 INDEX Abdrakhmanov, Jusup, 99, 171n4 actors: criticisms of, 107, 112, 114–17; effects of lack of resources for, 115–17; local groups learning from traveling troupes, 103–4, 110; optimism about new opportunities, 107–8; overcoming lack of resources, 108, 110; role in celebrations, 87–88; search for talent, 105–6; training of, 102, 104–6, 110 agitation (agitating), 32, 56–58, 85, 110, 127, 170n37 agriculture, 14, 88–89; as Central Asian role in Soviet Union, 33, 90; seasonal work hurting club attendance, 47, 53–54; “shock workers” in, 35; Stakhanovites in, 90 Aibasheva, Kanymkül, 102, 133–34 Aichürök (national opera), 49 Aidaraliyev, Comrade, 115–16 ail leaders, 83, 104–5; clubs and, 54, 121; as Soviet intellectuals, 44–45; tension with cultural administration, 114, 119. See also elite, Kyrgyz ails, 147n1; club managers watching responses of, 45, 48; in cultural development , 43, 46–47, 53, 157n37; theater troupes visiting, 108, 110, 112 Aiqap (Kazakh journal), 17 Aitmatov, Chingiz, 111, 145; blending indigenous and state ideologies, 134–37; characters of, 4, 6, 68, 73; on effects of cultural revolution, 37–38; influence of, 5–6, 103, 145, 171n4; lithograph of, Note: page numbers in italic type indicate illustrations 72; stories of agricultural development, 88–89; women characters of, 143, 180n8 Aitmatov, Törökul, 85, 99, 135 Aitmatova, Karagyz, 135–36 Aiymkan Satankyzy, 135–36 Ajal Orduna (Turusbekov), 105 Akchura, Yusuf, 19 Akhmedova, Nazira, 108 Akimaliyev, D., 137–38 Akmatov, Kazat, 37–38 aksakals (elders), ix, 13, 33, 44, 54, 63, 119 akyns (bards), 33, 63, 102, 106; influence of, 18, 44–45; Kazakh and Kyrgyz, 19–20; in Olympiads and celebrations, 90–91, 144; topics of songs of, 19, 113–14 Ala-Too (literary journal), 48 Al-Ghazali, Abu-Hamid, 152n26 Alim and Mariya (Jantoshev), 102 All-City Conference of Cultural Organizations (1918), 39 All-Kyrgyz Olympiads, 86 Alma-Ata, 5, 34, 40, 45, 59 alphabet (Kyrgyz), 20, 34, 35, 159n57 Altynsaryn, Ibrahim, 15 amateur talents (samodeiatel’), 10, 22, 43, 92 an-Nasiri, Abdul Kayyum, 152n26 Arstanbek, 113 artists, 86–88, 145 arts, 42; ails’ preference for familiar, 96–97; celebrations and, 84–85, 90–91, 95–96; Central Asian, 43, 100; clubs promoting, 228 9 INDEX 40, 43; definitions of, 27–28; ideology around, 27–28, 35, 42, 47; Kyrgyz, 68, 96, 110, 144, 163n40; pre-revolutionary, 68, 87; pride in Soviet Central Asian, 140–41; Soviet goals for, 28, 42, 88, 100, 113, 145; traditional, 91, 95–96, 100; Western, 91, 96–97 arts, performing, 114; goals of, 60–62, 106; Kyrgyz clubs promoting, 91–92; new forms of, 95, 103–4; in Olympiads, 90–91, 95. See also theater arts, visual, 36, 90–91 arts administration, 110, 112–13, 117 Asankanov, Abylabek, 18 assimilation, expectation of, 14, 142 Atabekova, Ölmöskhan, 138–39 awards, 137, 144–45; given for Olympiad of National Creativity performances, 90–91; given in Soviet celebrations, 83, 90, 93 Aybashev, Abygadyr, 102 Baetov, Musa, 96 Baetova, Raia, 96 Baidalieva, Gulbara, 76 bais. See ail leaders; elite Baitemirov, Nasirdin, 138 Ball, Alan, 157n32 Barpy Alykulov, 19 Bashkirs, 12–13, 24, 177n15 Basmachy/Qurbashy wars, 28, 148n6 Batrakskaia pravda, 130, 132, 178n30 Bebin, Comrade, 115 Beishenalieva, Bübüsara, 102, 111 Bekmuhamedova, Nelya, 18 Bhabha, Homi, 6, 142 Bigi, Musa Jarullah, 152n26 Bökönbaev, 106–7 Bölöbalaev, Osmonkul, 113 Bolshevik Revolution, 96; art and culture under, 27–28; celebrations of, 87, 146; Kyrgyz interest in, 25, 142, 146; Kyrgyz participation in, 26–27 Bolsheviks, 23, 134, 150n2; celebrations under, 87, 94; imperial policies and, 9, 11, 24–27; Islam and, 28–30, 33–34; reforms by, 15–17, 24, 27; revolts against, 3, 33–34 bozui (traditional Kyrgyz houses): replacement of, 37, 49–50; in traditional Kyrgyz culture, 48–49, 163n39 Brooks, Jeffrey, 133 Builash-uulu, Arstanbek, 18 Bukulbai (first Kyrgyz-language play), 101 bureaucracy, 67–68, 83 byt (everyday living and habits), 11, 39 Campaign for Universal Education, 128–29 Catherine the Great, 12–13, 30–31 celebrations, Soviet, 87, 169n26; activities in, 87, 94–95, 105, 113–14; causes for, 87–90, 168n18; clubs’ role in, 83, 90, 97; education commissars organizing, 86, 89; effects of, 91, 96; focusing on nationalities, 49, 91, 97, 140; goals of, 85–86, 97, 168n12; ideology behind, 86, 89; lack of resources for, 93–94; organizers of, 86, 88; participants in, 85, 87, 92–94, 113–14; reports on, 84, 92–95; under Stalin, 87, 89–90; themes...