{"product_id":"the-multiethnic-soviet-union-and-its-demise-9781350136786","title":"The Multiethnic Soviet Union and its Demise","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is the first to offer a concise, accessible overview of the evolution of the Soviet Union as a multiethnic empire. It reflects on how the Soviet Union was home to many ethnic minorities, and how their fates, and that of the USSR itself, were bound to the question of how the Soviet state responded variously throughout its existence to the fundamental question of ethnic difference across its vast and diverse territory. The book then examines how the Soviet collapse in 1991 fractured the Union along markedly national lines, leading to a variety of new nation-states  including the Russian Federation  being born. Brigid O'Keeffe explains how and why the Bolsheviks inscribed ethnic difference into the bedrock of the Soviet Union and explores how minority peoples experienced the potential advantages and disadvantages of ethnic politics within the Soviet Union. Ukrainians and Georgians, Jews and Roma, Chechens and Poles, Kazakhs and Uzbeks  these and many other minority groups all di\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrigid O’Keeffe’s wonderful book is a gem in miniature.  No other work explains the multinational complexity of the USSR so insightfully in such a brief form. * Willard Sunderland, Professor of Modern History, University of Cincinnati, USA *\u003cbr\u003eBrigid O’Keeffe’s \u003ci\u003eThe Multiethnic Soviet Union and Its Demise\u003c\/i\u003e offers a concise, yet comprehensive introduction to nationality in the Soviet Union. ... The author amasses an impressive array of perspectives from virtually all parts of the country ... O’Keeffe’s engaging work leaves its readers wondering how Russian or indeed multinational the Soviet Union really was. * H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations 1. Revolutionaries 2. Foundations 3. Soviet Nation-Building 4. War and Aftershocks 5. Mature Socialism 6. Perestroika and Collapse 7. Afterlives Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019629855063,"sku":"9781350136786","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350136786.jpg?v=1750780835","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-multiethnic-soviet-union-and-its-demise-9781350136786","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}