The Disintegration of the Soviet Union: A Study in the Rise and Triumph of Nationalism

by B. Fowkes

Overview

This book tells the dramatic story of the unexpected disintegration of the Soviet Union. The author draws on a wide range of sources to illustrate the growth of national awareness among the many subject peoples, partly promoted by the actions of the communists themselves. He concludes that, the efforts of Mikhail Gorbachev to reform the state he initially controlled, undermined and eventually destroyed the mechanisms that held the non-Russians in check.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333614532
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/04/1996
Series:	Study in the Rise and Triumph of Nationalism
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	273
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

BEN FOWKES

Table of Contents

Preface - List of Abbreviations - The Nations of the Russian Empire - The Evolution of Soviet National Policy: the Epoch of Indigenisation -Stalin and After: the Interplay of Modernisation and Russification - The Corporatist Compromise and the Varieties of National Resistance - Mikhail Gorbachev and the Rising Tide of National Unrest - The Exploding Soviet Galaxy - The Failure of the August Coup - Appendix: Statistical Tables - Notes - Bibliographical Note - Index