Arsène Saparov

From Conflict to Autonomy in the Caucasus

The Soviet Union and the Making of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Conflict to Autonomy in the Caucasus analyses the relation of the Soviet nationality policy and modern ethnic conflicts in the post-Soviet space. The book explains why the Bolsheviks granted autonomous status to ethnic minorities in the South Caucasus, focusing in particular on Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia. It questions the assumption that the Soviet leadership deliberately set up ethnic autonomies within the republics, thereby giving Moscow unprecedented leverage against each republic.By looking at the reasons why autonomy was awarded to these ethnic groups, the book highlights the roots of the modern conflicts in the Caucasus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 162mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9780415658027
• ISBN-10: 0415658020
• Artikelnr.: 39294413

Autorenporträt

Arsène Saparov received a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics, UK, in 2007. He now teaches Russian/Soviet and Caucasian history at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. His research focuses on ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus, and Russian and Soviet history.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Caucasus between Empires 1801-1918
2. Abkhazia 1917-1931
3. South Ossetia 1918-1922
4. Nagorno-Karabakh 1918-1921
5. Towards Karabakh autonomy 1921-1925
6. Arbitrary Borders? The Bolsheviks Drawing Boundaries in the South
Caucasus
7. From Autonomy to Conflict 1921 - 1991
Conclusion