Life histories of etnos theory in Russia and beyond
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"The idea of etnos came into being over a hundred years ago as a way of understanding the collective identities of people with a common language and shared traditions. In the twentieth century, the concept came to be associated with Soviet state-building, and it fell sharply out…
This volume examines nationality and ethnic relations in the post-Soviet states. It takes account of the changes since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1989, provides overviews of nationalities policy in the Soviet period and the post-Soviet states and covers the different na…
Khazanov's astute assessments of ethnic and political strife in Russia, in Chechnia, in Central Asia, in Kazakhstan, among the Meskhetian Turks, and among the Yakut of Eastern Siberia illuminate the interconnections between nationalism, ethnic relations, social structures, and p…