Tatarstan's Autonomy Within Putin's Russia: Minority Elites, Ethnic Mobilization, and Sovereignty

ISBN-13: 9781032069586 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 214 str.

Deniz Dinç

Opis

This book explores how the Volga Tatars, the largest ethnic minority within the Russian Federation, a Muslim minority, achieved a great deal of autonomy for Tatarstan in the years 1988 to 1992, but then lost this autonomy gradually over the course of the Putin era.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Political History of the Volga Tatars: From the Medieval Ages to the End of Soviet Modernization 3. Institutional Legacy of the Tsarist and Soviet Nationality Policies 4. The Rise and Fall of Ethnic Mobilization in Tatarstan 5. The Rise and Fall of Sovereignty in Tatarstan: From Yeltsin’s to Putin’s Russia (1990-2020) 6. Conclusion

O autorze

Deniz Dinç completed his doctorate at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey