Russian colonial society in Tashkent 1865 1923 Introduction Prologue: Tashkent before the Russians and the dynamics of conquest Ceremonies construction and commemoration Educated society identity and nationality Unstable boundaries: the colonial relationship and the 1892 Cholera riot Migration class and colonialism The predicaments of progress 1905 1914 War empire and society 1914 1916 Exploiters or exploited Russian workers and colonial rule 1917 1918 Under a Soviet roof : city country and center 1918 1923