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This study, sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation and the London School of Economics and Political Science, analyzes the ethnopolitical situation in Russia and the other republics of the former Soviet Union, particularly the southern tier states. Respected Russian scholar Georgiy Mirsky provides an insider's look at the historical nature of the Russian and Soviet empires, the development of ethnic and nationalistic identities within those empires, and the present-day situation with regard to hot and cold ethnic conflicts within and around Russia. This important work will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in comparative politics, international relations, and Russian and Slavic studies.
List of contents
What Kind of Empire Was the Soviet Union?
Ethnos, Nation, and the State
On Some Aspects of Ethnic Conflicts
The Caucasian Cauldron
Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
Inside the Russian Federation: Russia and Tatarstan
Russians in the Near Abroad and the Problem of "Neo-imperialism"
On Russian Nationalism
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the author
GEORGIY I. MIRSKY is a graduate of Moscow's Institute of Oriental Studies and has taught at the Institute of International Relations in Moscow, American University in Washington, D.C., and the London School of Economics and Political Science./e At this writing, he is a senior research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations in Moscow and a visiting scholar at the Center for International Studies at Princeton University.
Summary
Respected Russian scholar Georgiy Mirsky provides an insider's look at the historical nature of the Russian and Soviet empires, the development of ethnic and nationalistic identities within those empires, and the present-day situation with regard to hot and cold ethnic conflicts within and around Russia.
