History of the Soviet Union since 1917
November 20, 2002
Hothouse or Prisonhouse of Nations?
I. Alternative solutions to problem of multi-national state
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Religious school in Samarkand, Uzbek Republic, USSR, February 1989
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Worker in embroidery factory, Bukhara, Uzbek Republic, 1989
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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