u/pirata-alma-negra

Hello from Brasil!

First of all sorry if the question may sound insensitive or I phrased it wrong

I have a lot of interest about central asia history, but it's fucking difficult to kepp track of who is who because people seem to change and move all time, and I highly suspect English sources aren't all that reliable on the internet. one of the things is that the soviets "created" a bunch of countries and arbitrarily decided who is who. Is this true? the borders were somewhat accurate or totally made up? how people define themselves before that?

thank you all and best wishes!