Ethnic Relations in Post-Soviet Russia: Russians and Non-Russians in the North Caucasus

ISBN-13: 9781138576971 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 178 str.

Foxall, Andrew (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

Opis

By focusing on the ‘everyday’ and the local, this book presents an understanding of ethnic relations in post-Soviet Russia. It contributes to the construction of a record of history after the collapse of the USSR and the attempts of the Soviet government to eradicate ethno-nationalism. The book extends the application of literature on ethnic relations and political geography to include the post-Soviet North Caucasus, and it raises questions about sovereignty, territoriality, and nationalism, emphasizing the importance of both the rural and urban dimensions to interethnic relations in the post-Soviet space.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Ethnicity in Post-Soviet Russia  3. The Post-Soviet North Caucasus  4. Post-Soviet Population Change  5. Ethnic Discrimination and Violence in Stavropol Kray  6. Discourses of Demonisation: Chechens, Russians, and the Stavropol Riots of 2007  7. Contested Memorialisation: Understanding Ethnic Relations Through the Built Environment  8. Performing Ethnic Relations: Regional Spectacles in Stavropol Kray  9. Conclusion

O autorze

Andrew Foxall is Director of the Russia Studies Centre at The Henry Jackson Society, UK. He was formerly an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK, and Lecturer in Human Geography at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.