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1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I The Theoretical and Historical Background; Chapter 1 Introduction; How Newly Independent States Deal with Russian Minorities; How Are the Russians Responding?; Initial Choices and Long-Term Consequences; Notes; Chapter 2 Nations, Nationalism, Inter-National Conflict, and Conflict Management; What Is a Nation?; The Making of Nations in Russia and the USSR; What Is Nationalism?; Why Nationalism?; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3 Core and Periphery in the Russian Empire |
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The Creation of the Russian EmpireThe Nationalization Process in the Russian Empire; Nationalism and the Disintegration of the Russian Empire; Notes; Chapter 4 The ""National Problem"" in the USSR; Lenin and Great Russian Chauvinism; Stalin and the National Question; The Status of Russians and Non-Russians in Post-Stalin USSR; Conclusions; Notes; Part II The Newly Independent States; Chapter 5 The Baltics; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 6 Belarus and Ukraine; Belarus; Ukraine; Differing Courses; Notes; Chapter 7 Moldova; Language; The Politics of Independence |
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Transdniestrian SecessionGagauzia; External Perspectives; Conflict Management; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8 Kazakhstan; Demographic Trends; Sociocultural Kazakhization; Political Kazakhization; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 9 Central Asia; Russian Colonization of Central Asia; Welfare Colonialism During the Soviet Era; Decolonization; The Russian Refugees; Alternatives to Emigration; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 10 Transcaucasia; Russians in Transcausia: 1800-1917; Russians in Transcausia: The Soviet Era; Independence Movements, Inter-National Conflict, and Russian Emigration; Conclusion; Notes |
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Part III ConclusionsChapter 11 Conclusions and Implications; Titular Nationalism; Russian Reactions; Russia's Role; Inter-National Conflict Management; Notes; Suggested Readings; About the Book and Authors; Index |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kaiser, Robert
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| ISBN |
9781000238723 |
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1000238725 |
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