HORSE BREEDING IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS DURING THE SOVIET PERIOD: MECHANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND COMPARATIVE INDICATORS (1927–1972)

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The article offers a comparative analysis of horse breeding in the Central Asian republics in 1927–1972 in three dimensions: mechanization, management and production indicators. Data from archival documents, textbooks and a doctoral dissertation are compared. The tractor share in draught power rose from 0.3% in 1928 to 22% in 1932; in 1960–1965 the number of horses fell by 53.7% in Kyrgyzstan and by 42.4% in Uzbekistan. In 1972 Kazakhstan had 1,266.1 thousand horses and Uzbekistan 117.5 thousand; the number of foals per 100 mares was 64.7 in Kazakhstan and 42.7 in Turkmenistan.