Introduction. The Disintegration of the Soviet Empire -- Pt. 1. Regions. 1. The Russian Core. 2. Ukraine and Belarus. 3. The Baltic West. 4. Muslim Central Asia. 5. The Divided Caucasus. 6. Moldova. 7. The Volga Basin. 8. Siberia -- Pt. 2. Minorities. 1. The "Punished Peoples" 2. The Jews. 3. The Germans. 4. Minorities Within the Republics. 5. Russians in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. 6. Russians in the Baltic States. 7. Russians in Ukraine and Belarus. 8. Inter-Republican Migration -- Pt. 3. Issues. 1. The Legacy of Soviet Federalism. 2. Border Disputes. 3. Language Policies. 4. Reinterpreting History. 5. The Semiotics of Nationality Policies. 6. Religion and Nationalism. 7. Ethnic Cadres Policy. 8. The Economics of Separatism -- Pt. 4. Policies. 1. The Marxist Approach to Nationality Problems. 2. Lenin's Nationality Policy. 3. Soviet Nationality Policy in the 1920s. 4. Stalin's Nationality Policy in the 1930s. 5. Moscow and Nationalities in the 1940s
6. Khrushchev's Nationality Policies. 7. Brezhnev's Peace and Prosperity. 8. The Rupture of the Modus Vivendi. 9. Yeltsin and the Nationalities
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