Table of Contents

The Imperial Legacy and the Soviet Nationalities Problem — Nationality Elites and Political Change in the Soviet Union — Nationalities and the Soviet Economy — Nationalities and the Soviet Military — Some Factors in the Linguistic and Ethnic Russification of Soviet Nationalities: Is Everyone Becoming Russian? — Readers, Writers, and Republics: The Structural Basis of Non-Russian Literary Politics — Nationalities and Soviet Religious Policies — Ukraine, Belorussia, and Moldavia: Imperial Integration, Russification, and the Struggle for National Survival — The Baltic Republics: Stagnation and Strivings for Sovereignty — Transcaucasia: Cultural Cohesion and Ethnic Revival in a Multinational Society — Central Asia: The Reformers Challenge a Traditional Society — Russian Nationalism and Soviet Politics — Nationalism and Reform in Soviet Politics