History 328

History of the Soviet Union since 1917

November 20, 2002

Hothouse or Prisonhouse of Nations?

I. Alternative solutions to problem of multi-national state

Religious school in Samarkand, Uzbek Republic, USSR, February 1989
Worker in embroidery factory, Bukhara, Uzbek Republic, 1989

II. Who are the nationalities that will disappear?

III. Forces for assimilation

IV. Forces for separation

V. So why did the USSR fall apart on ethnic lines?

Music: Makhmuddzhan Iuldashov, "Gde ty? [Kaidasan])," Debiut

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