Wilson Center Experts
Martha Brill Olcott
Visiting Grant
Kennan Institute
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
; Kazakhstan
Affiliation:
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Wilson Center Project(s):
Socio-Economic Change and Political Development in Soviet Central Asia
Project Summary
Traces the sedentarization of the Kazakh nomads through to the final destruction of the nomadic economy at the time of collectivization. Studies social and political changes that accompanied and often caused the economic transformation that occurred in the steppe over 100 years.
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Kazakhstan and the Modern World
July 14, 2010 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
H.E. Erlan Idrissov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan; The Honorable James F. Collins, Director, Russia and Eurasia Program and Diplomat in Residence, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (1997-2001); The Honorable William Courtney, Director, Strategy and Development, CSC Corporation, and former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (1992-1995); The Honorable Elizabeth Jones, Executive Vice President, APCO Worldwide, and former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (1995-1998); The Honorable Larry Napper, Senior Lecturer, Bush School, Texas A&M University, and former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2001-2004); Discussant: Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace more
Kazakhstan and the Modern World
July 14, 2010 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
H.E. Erlan Idrissov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan; The Honorable James F. Collins, Director, Russia and Eurasia Program and Diplomat in Residence, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (1997-2001); The Honorable William Courtney, Director, Strategy and Development, CSC Corporation, and former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (1992-1995); The Honorable Elizabeth Jones, Executive Vice President, APCO Worldwide, and former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (1995-1998); The Honorable Larry Napper, Senior Lecturer, Bush School, Texas A&M University, and former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2001-2004); Discussant: Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace