Ethnic Strife Plagues Soviet Union
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies, Human Rights
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Baltic States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Republic of, Azerbaijan
- Date: 1991
Article abstract: As the Soviet people gained new freedom to speak up for themselves, open conflict broke out between competing ethnic groups.
Longing for Independence
For many decades, the ethnic groups living around the edges of Russia struggled for self-determination. These groups represented a wide variety of religions, languages, and traditions, and they wanted to be free to govern themselves and express their culture. During the reigns of Czar Alexander III (1881-1894) and Czar Nicholas II (1894-1917), the Russian government tried to “Russify”...
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