| Governorate of Central Asia Средней Азии Губерния Sredney Azii guberniya' -  Grand Duchy of Russia - |
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| Motto: "Земля великих обещаний и надежд" "Zemlya velikikh obeshchaniy i nadezhd" ("Land of Great Promises and Hope") |
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| Capital | Alma-Ata | ||||
| Official languages | Russian (lingua franca) | ||||
| Local languages | Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Karakalpak Also spoken Uyghur, Persian, Chinese |
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| Ethnic groups | Turkic peoples (70%) - Kazakhs - Uzbeks - Turkmens - Kyrgyz Russians (25%) Others (5%) - Tajiks - Persians - Chinese - Ukrainians - Belarusians |
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| Government | Local parliamentary democracy, constitutional monarchy | ||||
| - | Governor | Mustafa Fahadov | |||
The Governorate of Central Asia (Russian: Средней Азии Губерния, Sredney Azii Azii guberniya) sometimes referred to as Turkestan (Russian: Туркестан) but officially known as Central Asia (Russian: Средняя Азия) is one of Russian Empire's Grand Duchies, located in as the name suggests, Central Asia.
Bordering Persia to the south, the Grand Duchy of the Ural to the north, and the Caspian Sea to the west, the Grand Duchy covers 80% of the geographical region of the same name, with Persia occupying the rest.
Central Asia is currently one of Russia's most resource-rich, and culturally diverse regions, and is a have and center for Turkic cultures. It also contains the heaviest and largest Muslim population of Russia. In addition, the Biakonour Cosmodrome, Russia's primarily launch pad for space missions, is located in the Alash Governorate, nd as for prominent noble families outside of the ruling Romanovs, are the Alimovs and Usmanovs of Bukhara and the Sayyid-Abdullaevs of Khwarazm, as well as the Wrangels who own many properties throughout Central Asia.
History[]
During the 1990s, after the Second Russian Empire began to lose large swaths of territory. Afterwards, the Russian government relocated many Russians to Central Asia, where they would find new lives and new wealth, increasing Central Asia's ethnic Russian population.
This did not sit well with many of the native Central Asians, who too, began to rebel, and carry out attacks against the ethnic Russian population, the worse occurring in Turkmenistan, resulting in yet, another round of martial law. General Grachev was very unsuccessful in stopping the insurrections, up until 1994, when Wassily Felgenhauer was elected Procurator General. Felgenhauer was able to quell the insurrections.
Turkmenistan lost its autonomous name, and was forcefully renamed South Caspian, and General Felgenhauer was very harsh on the South Caspian rebels.
History[]
2013-2015 - Uyghur migrations[]
In 2013, the ethnic Uyghurs of neighboring China began to suffer human rights violations. This resulted in the native peoples of Central Asia urging the Russian government to enact sanctions against China, something with Foreign Minister Svetlana Wrangel agreed to. Thus, Feodor von Deitrich, the Economic Minister of the Russian Empire, enacted sanctions against Chinese companies in the country, although many suspect that it was simply to cripple China's economic hegemony.
In addition, many Uyghurs began migrating to Central Asia to find better opportunities. Russian statisticians claim that East Turkestan may be fully emptied out at some point, and that Russia may have a higher Uyghur population than China.
Many Russian ultranationalist groups however, such as the Nationalist Front, significantly opposed it, proclaiming it would damage the Christian image of the Russian state, however stated that they do feel sympathy for the Uyghurs. Orthodox missionary groups advocated converted the Uyghurs to Christianity, and a noted number, some 200 Uyghurs were successfully converted to Russian Orthodoxy by missionaries.
In 2014, the Imperial Immigration Services recorded some 1,502 Uyghur refugees into Russia. All were accepted with no problem. It is estimated that the Uyghur Autonomous Province has been decreasing of its native Uyghur population by 25%, something which Chinese authorities claim was over-exaggerated, and also accused the Russians of their own anti-Azeri and anti-Turkic campaigns throughout history.
This has resulted in mixed Uyghur-Kazakh towns in Alash. Many claim that if East Turkestan was an independent nation, it would surely be a Russian ally.
Principalities & Governorates[]
- Alash (OT equivalent: Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan)
- Bukhara (OT equivalent: Eastern and Central Uzbekistan)
- Khwarazm (OT equivalent: Karakalpakstan / Western Uzbekistan)
- South Caspian (OT equivalent: Turkmenistan)
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