The Soviet Union Federation Or Empire
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The Soviet Union Federation Or Empire
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Author : Tania Raffass
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-06-14
The Soviet Union Federation Or Empire written by Tania Raffass and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-14 with Social Science categories.
The Soviet Union is often characterised as nominally a federation, but really an empire, liable to break up when individual federal units, which were allegedly really subordinate colonial units, sought independence. This book questions this interpretation, revisiting the theory of federation, and discussing actual examples of federations such as the United States, arguing that many federal unions, including the United States, are really centralised polities. It also discusses the nature of empires, nations and how they relate to nation states and empires, and the right of secession, highlighting the importance of the fact that this was written in to the Soviet constitution. It examines the attitude of successive Soviet leaders towards nationalities, and the changing attitudes of nationalists towards the Soviet Union. Overall, it demonstrates that the Soviet attitude to nationalities and federal units was complicated, wrestling, in a similar way to many other states, with difficult questions of how ethno-cultural justice can best be delivered in a political unit which is bigger than the national state.
Empire De Centered
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Author : Maxim Waldstein
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-06
Empire De Centered written by Maxim Waldstein and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-06 with History categories.
In 1991 the Soviet empire collapsed, at a stroke throwing the certainties of the Cold War world into flux. Yet despite the dramatic end of this 'last empire', the idea of empire is still alive and well, its language and concepts feeding into public debate and academic research. Bringing together a multidisciplinary and international group of authors to study Soviet society and culture through the categories empire and space, this collection demonstrates the enduring legacy of empire with regard to Russia, whose history has been marked by a particularly close and ambiguous relationship between nation and empire building, and between national and imperial identities. Parallel with this discussion of empire, the volume also highlights the centrality of geographical space and spatial imaginings in Russian and Soviet intellectual traditions and social practices; underlining how Russia's vast geographical dimensions have profoundly informed Russia's state and nation building, both in practice and concept. Combining concepts of space and empire, the collection offers a reconsideration of Soviet imperial legacy by studying its cultural and societal underpinnings from previously unexplored perspectives. In so doing it provides a reconceptualization of the theoretical and methodological foundations of contemporary imperial and spatial studies, through the example of the experience provided by Soviet society and culture.
Collapse Of An Empire
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Author : Yegor Gaidar
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Collapse Of An Empire written by Yegor Gaidar and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Political Science categories.
"My goal is to show the reader that the Soviet political and economic system was unstable by its very nature. It was just a question of when and how it would collapse...." —From the Introduction to Collapse of an Empire The Soviet Union was an empire in many senses of the word—a vast mix of far-flung regions and accidental citizens by way of conquest or annexation. Typical of such empires, it was built on shaky foundations. That instability made its demise inevitable, asserts Yegor Gaidar, former prime minister of Russia and architect of the "shock therapy" economic reforms of the 1990s. Yet a growing desire to return to the glory days of empire is pushing today's Russia backward into many of the same traps that made the Soviet Union untenable. In this important new book, Gaidar clearly illustrates why Russian nostalgia for empire is dangerous and ill-fated: "Dreams of returning to another era are illusory. Attempts to do so will lead to defeat." Gaidar uses world history, the Soviet experience, and economic analysis to demonstrate why swimming against this tide of history would be a huge mistake. The USSR sowed the seeds of its own economic destruction, and Gaidar worries that Russia is repeating some of those mistakes. Once again, for example, the nation is putting too many eggs into one basket, leaving the nation vulnerable to fluctuations in the energy market. The Soviets had used revenues from energy sales to prop up struggling sectors such as agriculture, which was so thoroughly ravaged by hyperindustrialization that the Soviet Union became a net importer of food. When oil prices dropped in the 1980s, that revenue stream diminished, and dependent sectors suffered heavily. Although strategies requiring austerity or sacrifice can be politically difficult, Russia needs to prepare for such downturns and restrain spending during prosperous times. Collapse of an Empire shows why it is imperative to fix the roof before it starts to rain, and why so
Russia S Empires
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Author : Valerie A Kivelson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-11-01
Russia S Empires written by Valerie A Kivelson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with categories.
Center Periphery Conflict In Post Soviet Russia
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Author : Mikhail A. Alexseev
language : en
Publisher: MacMillan
Release Date : 1999
Center Periphery Conflict In Post Soviet Russia written by Mikhail A. Alexseev and has been published by MacMillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Nationalism categories.
Why did the Soviet Union break up, whereas the Russian Federation has so far held together in the face of ostensibly similar secession crises? To what extent is regional separatism a product of economic incentives or local ethnic identity? Few areas of the world display a greater complexity of ethnic relations than the post Soviet empire, and there are few with greater long term strategic significance. Drawing on political science, sociology, and anthropology, this study asks why political elites in some regions in post-Soviet Russia have shown more of a proclivity for separatism from Moscow than others.
The Soviet Empire
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Author : Soviet Union. Sʺezd Narodnykh Deputatov
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1989
The Soviet Empire written by Soviet Union. Sʺezd Narodnykh Deputatov and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The End Of The Soviet Empire
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Author : Helene C. D'encausse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The End Of The Soviet Empire written by Helene C. D'encausse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Discusses how the forces of nationalism led to the collapse of the Soviet communist system.
An Empire S New Clothes
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Author : Bruce Clark
language : en
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Release Date : 1995
An Empire S New Clothes written by Bruce Clark and has been published by Random House (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Current Events categories.
Focusing on the roots of the new nationalism in Russia, this is a portrait of the country since the aftermath of the 1991 coup. The author argues that Russia will not become a liberal democracy, and that the forces of nationalism, suspicion of the West, orthodox religion, and the ghost of Stalinism, will keep the country different - and dangerous.
The Soviet Union
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Author : Aron Katsenelinboigen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-08
The Soviet Union written by Aron Katsenelinboigen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-08 with Political Science categories.
First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
Russia As Empire
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Author : Kees Boterbloem
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2020-10-07
Russia As Empire written by Kees Boterbloem and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-07 with History categories.
Covering more than one thousand years of tumultuous history, Russia as Empire shows how the medieval empire of Kyivan Rus’ metamorphosed into today’s Russian Federation. Kees Boterbloem vividly and lucidly describes Russia’s various incarnations and considers how the concept of empire evolved from tsarist Russia to the Soviet Union, and how and why it survives today. He discusses the ideological architects of these empires and the ideas of their political leaders—the tsars, Lenin, Stalin, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. Russia as Empire considers the role of the various empires’ inhabitants, from nobility to clergy and communist party members, revealing how and why they adhered to, or believed in, their country’s imperial mission. What emerges is a highly original overview that illuminates the continuities and discontinuities in Russian history.