Collectivization and Social Engineering ― Soviet Administration and the Jews of Uzbekistan 1917-1939

Zeev Levin presents a study of the Jewish population of Uzbekistan at a time when the Soviet government was attempting to transform Jewish peddlers into peasants and factory workers – to fill the role of the new Soviet man.

Zeev Levin completed his doctorate at the School of History at Tel-Aviv University, the Department of Middle Eastern and African History (2009), specializing in the Jewish history of Eurasia in the late 19th and 20th centuries. During his post-doctorate he conducted research on Jewish and non-Jewish refugee populations in Central Asia and Siberia during World War II. He is currently serving as lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Head of the Eurasian Unit at the Harry S. Truman Institute for Advancement of Peace.