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The Disintegration of the Soviet Union

A Study in the Rise and Triumph of Nationalism

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Ben Fowkes

    1. University of North London, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Nations of the Russian Empire

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 1-34

  3. The Evolution of Soviet Nationality Policy: The Epoch of Indigenization

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 35-61

  4. Stalin and After: The Interplay of Modernization and Russification

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 62-89

  5. The Corporatist Compromise and the Varieties of National Resistance

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 90-120

  6. Mikhail Gorbachev and the Rising Tide of National Unrest

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 121-150

  7. The Exploding Soviet Galaxy

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 151-179

  8. The Failure of the August Coup

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    Pages 180-198

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 199-273
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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.

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