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Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. How many people can tell the exact names of the five countries that are grouped together as the 'Stan 5' and the 'Central Asian 5'? However, these countries were at the center of the Silk Road in the pre-modern era and were responsible for land logistics on the Eurasian continent. However, these countries, which do not seem very different from our perspective, what is so different about them that they were divided into five countries? And how did these countries, which were territories of the Russian Empire, become independent when the Soviet Union collapsed? Today, let's learn about the peoples, history, and modern history of the five Central Asian countries, the Stan countries:) ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ 00:00 The meaning of 'Stan' 03:31 Distinguishing the 'Stan countries' 10:27 The history hidden in the names of the countries 18:47 The modern history of 'Central Asia' 21:29 Countries created by the Soviet Union