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Fergana
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Fer·ga·na also Fer·gha·na  (fr-gän) or Far·gho·na (-gn)
A city of eastern Uzbekistan southwest of Andijon. It is the center of the fertile Fergana Valley, a densely populated agricultural and industrial region controlled by Russia after 1876. Population: 164,000.
Fergana, Ferghana [fəˈgɑːnə]
n
1. (Placename) a region of W central Asia, surrounded by high mountains and accessible only from the west; mainly in Uzbekistan and partly in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
2. (Placename) the chief city of this region, in E Uzbekistan. Pop.: 203 000 (1998 est.)


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Paul Bergne argues that the "Kokand Autonomy" in the Ferghana Valley failed in 1917-1918 because of irreconcilable tensions between traditional rulers and local reformers, or Jaddidists, as well as regional rivalries, all of which paved the way for Soviet domination.
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