Russians in the Former Soviet Republics
Title | Russians in the Former Soviet Republics PDF eBook |
Author | Pål Kolstø |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780253329172 |
The break-up of the Soviet Union in 1989 left 25 million Russians living in the 'near abroad', outside the borders of Russia proper. They have become the subjects of independent nation-states where the majority population is ethnically, linguistically, and often denominationally different. The creation of this 'new Russian diaspora' may well be the most significant minority problem created by the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Paul Kolstoe traces the growth and role of the Russian population in non-Russian areas of the Russian empire and then in the non-Russian Soviet republics. In the post-Soviet period special attention is devoted to the situation of Russians in the Baltic countries, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine and the former Central Asian and Caucasian republics. A chapter written jointly by Paul Kolstoe and Andrei Edemsky of the Institute of Slavonic and Balkan Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, delineates present Russian policy toward the diaspora. Finally, Kolstoe suggests strategies for averting the repetition of the Yugoslav scenario on post-Soviet soil.
The Cinema of Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Title | The Cinema of Russia and the Former Soviet Union PDF eBook |
Author | Birgit Beumers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781904764984 |
This volume explores the cinema of the former Soviet Union and contemporary Russia, ranging from the pre-Revolutionary period to the present day. It offers an insight into the development of Soviet film, from 'the most important of all arts' as a propaganda tool to a means of entertainment in the Stalin era, from the rise of its 'dissident' art-house cinema in the 1960s through the glasnost era with its broken taboos to recent Russian blockbusters. Films have been chosen to represent both the classics of Russian and Soviet cinema as well as those films that had a more localised success and remain to date part of Russia's cultural reference system. The volume also covers a range of national film industries of the former Soviet Union in chapters on the greatest films and directors of Ukrainian, Kazakh, Georgian and Armenian cinematography. Films discussed include Strike (1925), Earth (1930), Ivan's Childhood (1962), Mother and Son (1997) and Brother (1997).
Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union
Title | Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia M. Horne |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2018-02-22 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1108195822 |
In the twenty-five years since the Soviet Union was dismantled, the countries of the former Soviet Union have faced different circumstances and responded differently to the need to redress and acknowledge the communist past and the suffering of their people. While some have adopted transitional justice and accountability measures, others have chosen to reject them; these choices have directly affected state building and societal reconciliation efforts. This is the most comprehensive account to date of post-Soviet efforts to address, distort, ignore, or recast the past through the use, manipulation, and obstruction of transitional justice measures and memory politics initiatives. Editors Cynthia M. Horne and Lavinia Stan have gathered contributions by top scholars in the field, allowing the disparate post-communist studies and transitional justice scholarly communities to come together and reflect on the past and its implications for the future of the region.
Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Soviet Union
Title | Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Soviet Union PDF eBook |
Author | R. R. Milner-Gulland |
Publisher | Facts on File |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780816022076 |
A 1000-year history of Russian culture and society intermingles illustrations, interpretation, and special features to provide an in-depth background to present Russia
The Russian Minorities in the Former Soviet Republics
Title | The Russian Minorities in the Former Soviet Republics PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Batta |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2021-12-24 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000485579 |
This book explores the differing treatment of Russian minorities in the non-Russian republics which seceded from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Providing detailed case studies, it explains why intervention by Russia occurred in the case of Ukraine, despite Ukraine’s benevolent and inclusive treatment of the large Russian minority, whereas in other republics with less benevolent approaches to minorities intervention did not occur, for example Kazakhstan, where discrimination against the Russian minority increased over time, and Latvia, where the country on its accession to the European Union was deemed to have good minority rights protection, despite a record of discrimination against the Russian minority. Throughout the book emphasises the importance of the perceptions of the republic government regarding the interaction between the minority’s kin-state and the minority, the role that minorities played within the nation-building process and after secession, and the dual threat coming from both the domestic and international spheres.
Russia and the Former Soviet Republics
Title | Russia and the Former Soviet Republics PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas R. McCray |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1438104596 |
This new series teaches students about the most important geographic concepts and shows them how people are affected by and respond to economic, social, and political forces--at both the global and local scales. The authors are educators who have been trained to teach geography at the high school or college levels. This series meets national geography and social science standards.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Title | The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union PDF eBook |
Author | Archie Brown |
Publisher | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 604 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780521355933 |
A comprehensive survey of the history of Russia examines the country's changing culture, economy, and political views