{"product_id":"9781350136779","title":"Multiethnic Soviet Union and its Demise","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRussian Shorts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMultiethnic Soviet Union and its Demise\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrigid O'Keeffe | Stephen M. Norris | Polly Jones\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Russia \u0026amp; the Former Soviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first to offer a concise, accessible overview of the evolution of the Soviet Union as a multiethnic empire. It reflects on how the Soviet Union was home to many ethnic minorities, and how their fates, and that of the USSR itself, were bound to the question of how the Soviet state responded variously throughout its existence to the fundamental question of ethnic difference across its vast and diverse territory. The book then examines how the Soviet collapse in 1991 fractured the Union along markedly national lines, leading to a variety of new nation-states – including the Russian Federation – being born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrigid O'Keeffe explains how and why the Bolsheviks inscribed ethnic difference into the bedrock of the Soviet Union and explores how minority peoples experienced the potential advantages and disadvantages of ethnic politics within the Soviet Union. Ukrainians and Georgians, Jews and Roma, Chechens and Poles, Kazakhs and Uzbeks – these and many other minority groups all distinctively shaped and were shaped by the Soviet and post-Soviet politics of ethnic difference. \u003ci\u003eThe Multiethnic Soviet Union and its Demise\u003c\/i\u003e gives you the historical context necessary to understand contemporary Russia's relationships and conflicts with its 'post-Soviet' neighbors and the wider world beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBrigid O'Keeffe \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at Brooklyn College, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEsperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury Academic, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eNew Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Selfhood in the Early Soviet Union \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 October 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350136779\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e152\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51196762325132,"sku":"9781350136779","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_27c841cb-0394-4363-93e3-459369ae9be6.jpg?v=1782962056","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350136779","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}