Moscow's Lost Empire

by Michael Rywkin

Overview

This volume gives an overview of the regional, ethnic and political structure of the Soviet empire from its establishment through its ultimate disintegration. It provides a corrective to the Russocentrism and Great Power bias that has marked most studies of the Soviet Union.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563242373
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/1994
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Chapter 101 Introduction; Part 1 Regions; Chapter 1 The Russian Core; Chapter 2 Ukraine and Belarus; Chapter 3 The Baltic West; Chapter 4 Muslim Central Asia; Chapter 5 The Divided Caucasus; Chapter 6 Moldova; Chapter 7 The Volga Basin; Chapter 8 Siberia; Part 2 Minorities; Chapter 9 The “Punished Peoples”; Chapter 10 The Jews; Chapter 11 The Germans; Chapter 12 Minorities Within the Republics; Chapter 13 Russians in Central Asia and Kazakhstan; Chapter 14 Russians in the Baltic States; Chapter 15 Russians in Ukraine and Belarus; Chapter 16 Inter-Republican Migration; Part 3 Issues; Chapter 17 The Legacy of Soviet Federalism; Chapter 18 Border Disputes; Chapter 19 Language Policies; Chapter 20 Reinterpreting History; Chapter 21 The Semiotics of Nationality Policies; Chapter 22 Religion and Nationalism; Chapter 23 Ethnic Cadres Policy; Chapter 24 The Economics of Separatism; Part 4 Policies; Chapter 25 The Marxist Approach to Nationality Problems; Chapter 26 Lenin’s Nationality Policy, 1917–1922; Chapter 27 Soviet Nationality Policy in the 1920s; Chapter 28 Stalin’s Nationality Policy in the 1930s (1930–1941); Chapter 29 Moscow and Nationalities in the 1940s; Chapter 30 Khrushchev’s Nationality Policies; Chapter 31 Brezhnev’s Peace and Prosperity; Chapter 32 The Rupture of the Modus Vivendi; Chapter 33 Yeltsin and the Nationalities; Chapter 102 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

Rywkin, author of Soviet Society Today (1989) and Moscow's Muslim Challenge (rev. ed., 1990), covers the background and current fate of the principal nationalities circumscribed by the Soviet Union in order to present a picture of national and ethnic issues affecting the post-Soviet states at the outset of their independent existence. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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