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Oct 03, 2024
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College Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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RUSS 272 - The Post-Soviet SphereCross-Listed as The USSR’s 1991 dissolution ended one of history’s great experiments. Socialism sought to dissolve ethnicity and overcome ethnic conflict with a focus on equality. Instead it exacerbated nationalism and created-separated identities. But how? Topics include ethno-creation, control, and resistance; ethnic animosities and the USSR’s destruction; new states after 1991; “diaspora” populations beyond ethnic homelands; local rebellions; new “native” dictatorships; and recent international organizations. . Alternate years. (4 Credits)
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