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                                                    D.A.Guschin

         NATIONAL PROBLEMS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
                   (S-Petersburg University)

    Duaring many years in our country the goverment  considereol
that the nationality at the people is not very important. But in
the real life, this factor is very important. For example a man,
who  was  born  in  1850  and who lived duaring 90 years,  saw 3
public formations, but his nationality was constant. And another
example:  in  United States and in Canada people are remembering
about there nationality.
     The thecond  part  of  the  report  is  about  real role of
Gorbathev in the history as so he destroyed the  communism.  But
the  main  reason  of  destroying of Soviet Unoin was very weate
economy system,  and by thismean we can conclude that main role,
in all social processes, the economy is playing.
     The tragedy in Tbilicy had begining  from  the  attempt  of
Adjarian  Republic  to separate from Georgian Republic,  because
Adjarian Republic had very good economy.  But Georgian  Republic
did not let to do this.  As we see this conflict, having economy
in it base.  The Georgian Goverment said that there is  no  such
nationality as Adjarian Republic the Batumian region.
     In the  same  situation  with  the  South  Osetia  Georgian
Republic began a civil war.
     Unfortunatly, the  same  situation  is  in  Moldavian  with
Pridnest-  rovie,  in Zithuanian with Poles,  in Azerbaijan with
Armenians of Karabakh.Independence of  republics  was  declared,
but  national minorities,  witch are situated on the territories
of these republic,  can't receive autonomy. This problem is more
nationalistic, then national.
     Where is the beginning of events in Baltic  countries?  Not
in the policy and cultural problems.  The beginning of events is
in assertion of  Baltic  countries  that  their  neighbours  amd
tourist bought and took away too much from their countries.  And
four years ago the goverments of republics decided to sale wares
only  to  their  own citizens.  In that time in Russia all wares
were  saled  to  any  people.  This   was   the   beginning   of
confrontation.  Then  they  asserted  that  Russia  roled Baltic
countries.
     However, Russia  even  before  the revolution differed from
other imperialistic states.  Becouse  Russia  never  roled  it's
outlying  districts.  Russian  peasants  and  workers never were
richer ai  the  expense  of  Uzbek  or  Esthonian,  Georgian  or
Ukrainian.  And  in the times of Soviet Union people live richer
in Ukraine,  Baltic republics, Caucasus and Middle Asia, than in
Middle Russia and Siberia.
     The level of life in Baltic countries sharply reduced after
it's separation from Russia.
     Russian in Baltics are called occupants.  But  why  russian
people now must be responsible for Gitler,  Stalin,  Molotov and
Ribbentrop agreement on spheres of influence,  made fifty  years
ago?
     People in different republic of  the  former  Soviet  Union
can't  hate  each  other.  However,  confrontation  between  the
nations grow bigger,  and unfortunately,  is heated by press and
television.
     Consequeces of  development  of   national   conflicts   is
difficult to imagine. They include the victim of war ( thousends
of  corpses,  hundrids  thousands  of  refugees  )   and   major
casualties in economic.  Therefore,  national questions would be
solved as quick,  as possible.  It is a  major  problem  of  all
goverments. And there is no place for a politic ambitions.