Soviet Nationality Policy and National Identify in the Transcaucasian Republics: Drawing Together or Tearing Apart?

Abstract

This paper will discuss Soviet nationality policies and specifically the characteristics and effects of these policies in the three Transcaucasian republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Through the use of demographic and linguistic data, a general assessment of the effectiveness of the Soviet attempt to erase national distinctions will be made. Did Soviet nationality policy in Transcaucasia encourage the ethnic groups to unify, or did these policies help to tear the USSR apart by sowing the seeds of nationalism?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 13, 1993
Accession Number
ADA270301

Entities

People

  • Richard Terrell

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Communism
  • Communists
  • Economic Systems
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Language
  • Local Governments
  • Minority Groups
  • National Governments
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Russian Language
  • Socialism
  • Urban Areas
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union