Megoran, NickThe critical geopolitics of the Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan Ferghana Valley boundary dispute, 1999–2000(англ.). Elsevier (2004). — «Between 1999 and 2000 the hitherto largely invisible border between the republics of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan became a concrete reality for those living in Ferghana, the expansive valley at the heart of Central Asia through which much of it winds. As politicians contested the ownership of thousands of hectares of land along the 870 km boundary barbed-wire fences were unilaterally erected in disputed territory, bridges destroyed, cross-border bus routes terminated, customs inspections stepped up, non-citizens attempting to cross denied access or seriously impeded, and unmarked minefields laid. Tensions flared into violence at checkpoints, and people and livestock were killed by mines and bullets. Close-knit communities that happened to straddle the boundary were spliced in two, and a concomitant squeeze on trade added to the poverty and hardship of the Valley’s folk. These experiences of ‘the border question’ traumatized border region populations and marked the most significant deterioration of relations between the two states since independence from the USSR in 1991. President of Kyrgyzstan and Almazbek Atambayev and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed an agreement on September 8 on the demarcation and delimitation of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border to soothe this almost a century old issue». Дата обращения: 8 июня 2007.
Megoran, NickThe critical geopolitics of the Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan Ferghana Valley boundary dispute, 1999–2000(англ.). Elsevier (2004). — «Between 1999 and 2000 the hitherto largely invisible border between the republics of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan became a concrete reality for those living in Ferghana, the expansive valley at the heart of Central Asia through which much of it winds. As politicians contested the ownership of thousands of hectares of land along the 870 km boundary barbed-wire fences were unilaterally erected in disputed territory, bridges destroyed, cross-border bus routes terminated, customs inspections stepped up, non-citizens attempting to cross denied access or seriously impeded, and unmarked minefields laid. Tensions flared into violence at checkpoints, and people and livestock were killed by mines and bullets. Close-knit communities that happened to straddle the boundary were spliced in two, and a concomitant squeeze on trade added to the poverty and hardship of the Valley’s folk. These experiences of ‘the border question’ traumatized border region populations and marked the most significant deterioration of relations between the two states since independence from the USSR in 1991. President of Kyrgyzstan and Almazbek Atambayev and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed an agreement on September 8 on the demarcation and delimitation of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border to soothe this almost a century old issue». Дата обращения: 8 июня 2007.
