Iya’s lifelines: A Jewish journey to survival in Central Asia

from Turan Tales · host Agnieszka Pikulicka

In the 1940s, Tashkent became an unlikely centre of Yiddish culture as Eastern European Jews were evacuated to Soviet Central Asia during World War II. Yet the story has remained largely forgotten. Get full access to Turan Tales at turantales.substack.com/subscribe

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