By George Mirsky
This learn, backed by means of the MacArthur beginning and the London tuition of Economics and Political technology, analyzes the ethnopolitical scenario in Russia and the opposite republics of the previous Soviet Union, relatively the southern tier states. revered Russian pupil Georgiy Mirsky offers an insider's examine the old nature of the Russian and Soviet empires, the advance of ethnic and nationalistic identities inside of these empires, and the present-day scenario with reference to cold and warm ethnic conflicts inside of and round Russia. this significant paintings can be of curiosity to students and policymakers in comparative politics, diplomacy, and Russian and Slavic studies.
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On Ruins of Empire: Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Former Soviet Union (Contributions in Political Science; Global Perspectives in History & Politics) by George Mirsky
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