book chapter

The collapse of the Soviet Union: nationalism during perestroika and afterwards (1985-summer 1992)

After the USSR: ethnicity, nationalism, and politics in the commonwealth of independent states • Madison, Wis. • Published In 1995 • Pages: 2-53

By: Khazanov, Anatoly M. (Anatoly Michailovich).

Abstract

This analysis of developments in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev’s gradual political and economic reforms focuses on the power relations between the Russian-dominated central government in Moscow and the ethnically-constituted republics and special administrative areas within the union (for which considerable historical background is given). Although reforms were meant to preserve and strengthen the USSR, pressure for increased autonomy and cultural rights within the minority enclaves led to disintegration. Ironically, the final push came from the demographically and politically dominant ethnic Russians who should have been Gorbachev's natural allies in his effort to preserve the union. (See Khazanov [1995 “References”] for bibliographic references.)

Region

Europe

Sub Region

Eastern Europe

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Anthropologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019

Field Date

no date given

Coverage Date

1930-1992

Coverage Place

Soviet Union (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)

Notes

Anatoly M. Khazanov

for bibliograpical references, see document 104:Khazanov

LCCN

95005696

LCSH

Nationalism--Former Soviet republics