POST-SOVIET EVOLUTION OF CENTRAL ASIAN STATES

This article focuses on the dynamics of Post-Soviet transitions in Central Asian Republics, with transitology as an analytical tool. The central argument is that the five Central Asian Republics were subjected to long transition processes, marked by different rhythms and developments, since the collapse of the Soviet Union. These processes have resulted in economically, politically and socially different states, despite all having a relatively homogeneous (Soviet) legacy as a starting point