Politics of Nationality and the Erosion of the USSR

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Ethnopolitics and the Future of the Former Soviet Union

   • Zvi Gitelman

   Pages 1-25

3. The Brezhnev Legacy: Nationalities and Gorbachev

   • Theresa C. Smith, Thomas A. Oleszczuk

   Pages 26-49

4. Nationalism in Central Asia in the Context of Glasnost and Perestroika

   • Yaacov Ro’i

   Pages 50-76

5. Revolutions in Revolutions within Revolution: Minorities in the Georgian Republic

   • Stephen F. Jones

   Pages 77-101

6. Assimilation of the Karelians in the Soviet Union: A Demographic Appraisal

   • Seppo Lallukka

   Pages 102-125

7. Soviet Koreans and the Politics of Ethnic Education

   • Youn-Cha Shin Chey

   Pages 126-140

8. The Impact of Socioeconomic, Sociocultural and Sociopolitical Factors on Demographic Trends in a Multiethnic Society: The Soviet Model

   • Shalvia Ben-Barak

   Pages 141-175

9. Elections in the Ukraine, 1990

   • Peter J. Potichnyj

   Pages 176-214

10. The Strange Politics of Lviv: An Essay in Search of an Explanation

    • Roman Szporluk

    Pages 215-231

11. Back Matter

    Pages 233-236

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The Soviet Union has undergone many changes recently as many of its peoples are demanding autonomy and even independence. This volume of essays analyzes recent political and social movements and trends among a variety of Soviet ethnic groups and explains their grievances and goals.

• assimilation
• autonomy
• Central Asia
• demography
• education
• elections
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• politics
• revolution
• Union
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

• University of Michigan, USA

  Zvi Gitelman

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