ISBN:
9780415833691
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (203 p)
Series Statement:
BASEES / Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Ethnic Relations in Post-Soviet Russia : Russians and Non-Russians in the North Caucasus
DDC:
305.80094752
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
While the collapse of communism in Russia was relatively peaceful, ethnic relations have been deteriorating since then. This deterioration poses a threat to the functioning of the Russian state and is a major obstacle to its future development. Analysing ethnic relations in the North Caucasus, this book demonstrates how a myriad of processes that characterised post-Soviet transition, including demographic change, economic upheaval, geopolitical instability, and political re-structuring, have affected daily life for citizens. It raises important questions about ethnicity, identity, nationalism
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; CopyrightPage; Dedication; Tableof Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Glossary of Russian terms; Note on transliteration; Maps; 1.Introduction; Defining the Caucasus; What's in a name? A note on the 'North Caucasus'; Contemporary interest; Studying ethnic relations in Stavropol kray; Structure of the book; Notes; 2.Ethnicity in post-Soviet Russia; Russia since 1991; Ethnic policy in the Soviet Union; Ethnic policy in post-Soviet Russia; Conclusion; Notes; 3.The post-Soviet North Caucasus
Description / Table of Contents:
The North Caucasus in the Soviet UnionThe North Caucasus in post-Soviet Russia; Conclusion; Notes; 4.Post-Soviet population change; Human geography of Russia; Human geography of southern Russia; Human geography of Stavropol kray; Ethnic geography of Stavropol kray; Ethnic geography at rayon level; Geopolitical theorizing; Conclusion; Notes; 5.Ethnic discrimination and violence in Stavropol kray; History of ethnic violence in post-Soviet stavropol kray; Ethnic discrimination in Stavropol kray; Experiencing ethnic discrimination and violence; Conclusion; Notes
Description / Table of Contents:
6.Discourses of demonization: Ethnic Chechens, ethnic Russians and the Stavropol riots of 2007The Stavropol riots; Exploring the Stavropol riots; Conclusion; Notes; 7.Contested memorialization: Understanding ethnic relations through the built environment; Yermolov, Russia, and the North Caucasus; Stavropol's geography: Yermolov's presences; Erecting the Yermolov Monument; Problematizing the Yermolov Monument; Conclusion; Notes; 8.Performing ethnic relations: Regional spectacles in Stavropol kray; Governing ethnic relations in post-Soviet Russia; Organizing the Den kraya celebration
Description / Table of Contents:
Den kraya 2009Understanding ethnic relations through Den kraya; Conclusion; Notes; 9.Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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