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I don't know much about the subject so maybe this is ASB, but is there any way in which the Central Asian republics could evolve towards a more united state?

I saw a map of the early 20s territorial organisation which had the region divided into a Kirgizistan ASSR(~ modern Kazakhstan) and a Turkestan ASSR (~the rest). What if this was not altered and these two countries became independent after 1991?

Or what if the northern, Russian part of Kazakhstan was integrated into Russia and the southern lands added to Turkestan to form one united Central Asian republic? Would such a state be viable, or would it fall apart Yugoslavia-style? I'm thinking post 1991 independence.
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