The “Stans” had it very hard under the commies. Even harder when left on their own. Glad to see a few medals going their way, notably Kazakhstan’s Denis Ten who took bronze in men’s figure skating. Even tho he was the only one of the top three who DID NOT FALL on his whatever they call it in the Stans.
The Stans referred to in above post:
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Afghanistan (sometimes included)