Newspapers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan preserved by SEEMP [1]
The Slavic and East European Materials Project (SEEMP) has preserved a large set of newspapers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. These newspapers were collected by Dr. William Fierman, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University and extend the collection SEEMP preserved in 2016 [5]. Microfilm copies of these newspapers are held at CRL and are available for members of SEEMP and CRL to borrow.
Akram Khabibullaev, Librarian for Middle Eastern, Islamic, and Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University, and Wook-Jin Cheun, Librarian for Slavic and East European Studies at Indiana University, assisted in getting these materials to SEEMP for preservation.
As a complement to Dr. Fierman's collection of Qazaq ădabietī, Liladhar Pendse (Slavic and East European Studies Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley) proposed and supplied additional years of this title.
Titles in this set of Central Asian newspapers include:
Kazakhstan
Ana tīlī [6] 1990-2010
Pro-government weekly published in Almaty
Panorama [7] 1993-2009
Weekly pro-government newspaper
Qazaq ădabietī [8] 1981-2011 (holdings from Indiana University); 2011-2017 (holdings from University of California, Berkeley)
Weekly newspaper of the Kazakhstan Writers' Union
Qazaqstan zaman [9] 2003; 2005-2010
In Kazakh and Turkish
Tu̇rkīstan [10] 1994-2010
Pro-government newspaper
Zan︠g︡ gazeti [11] 1996-2011
"Law gazette" frequency varies
Zhas alash [12] 1991-2010
Published in Almaty, covers issues related to youth
Kyrgyzstan
Komsomolet︠s︡ Kirgizii [13] 1985-1991
Local organ of the Soviet Communist Party's youth wing
Molodezhnai︠a︡ gazeta [14] 1991-1992
Published in Bishkek; continues Komsomolets Kirgizii
Uzbekistan
Adolat [15] 1995-2007
Organ of Adolat Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
Ësh Leninchi [16] 1981-1991
"Young Leninist" organ of union of youth
Fidokor / FMD Partiyasi [17] 1999-2007
Organ of the Fidokor National Democratic Party
Ḣurrii︠a︡t [18] 1997-2009
Independent newspaper published in Tashkent
Khalq sŭzi [19] 1992-1995; 1997-1999; 2002-2009
Government newspaper from the Cabinet of Ministers
Milliĭ tiklanish [20] 1994-2007
Organ of the Millii Tiklanish Democratic Party
Uchitel' Uzbekistana [21] 1995-2002
Publication of the Education Ministry
Ŭzbekiston adabiëti va sanʺati [22]1981-2009
Weekly organ of the union of writers of Uzbekistan, continues Ŭzbekiston madanii︠a︡ti
Ŭzbekiston madanii︠a︡ti [23] 1976-1981
Weekly organ of the union of writers of Uzbekistan, continued by Ŭzbekiston adabiëti va sanʺati
Vatanparvar [24] 1992-2008
Uzbek military newspaper, organ of the Ministry of Defense