How Did The Cold War Develop Soviet Culture

Throughout the Cold War, Soviet culture was something feared by nations outside the Iron Curtain, but embraced by those inside it. This was likely correlated with communism, and many nations were forced to take upon the Soviet way of life. In Central Asian countries especially, Soviet control allowed Soviet culture to spread and endanger traditional culture. It all began with Bolshevik forces conquering the region of Central Asia, which in the modern day consists of: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Subsequently, the Bolsheviks set up Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics in order to begin “Sovietization”. With this intention, the Soviets did not necessarily seek to divide Central Asia ethnically, as Pan-Turkism