Title: Ethnic minorities in the Red Army :
Authors: Alexiev, Alex.; Wimbush, S. Enders.
Date: 1988
Publisher: Westview Press,
Physical description: xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: U
Contents: Part 1. Managing the ethnic factor in the Russian and Soviet Armed Forces: a historical overview / Susan L. Curran and Dmitry Ponomareff. Introduction -- Ethnic recruitment in the Russian Empire -- Participation of national minorities in the Civil War -- The interwar period -- World War II -- After World War II -- Conclusions. -- Part 2. Soviet nationalities in German wartime strategy, 1941-1945 / Alexander R. Alexiev. Introduction -- German war objectives and Soviet nationalities -- German occupation policies and the nationalities -- Nationalities under arms -- Conclusions. -- Part 3. The ethnic factor in the Soviet Armed Forces / Alexander R. Alexiev and S. Enders Wimbush. Introduction -- Managing the ethnic factor in military recruitment -- General stationing guidelines and practices -- Ethnic composition of conscripts, noncomminssioned officers, and the officer corps -- Education and training -- Language -- Interethnic relations -- Conclusions. -- Part 4. Soviet demographic trends and the ethnic composition of draft-age males, 1980-1995 / Edmund Brunner, Jr. Introduction -- Soviet demographic trends, 1959-1979 -- Population by major ethnic groups -- Projections of population and draft-age males to 1995, by ethnic group -- Implications of the results -- Appendix: Estimating equations. -- Part 5. Soviet Muslim soldiers in Afghanistan / Alexander R. Alexiev and S. Enders Wimbush. Introduction -- Early deployments -- The post-invasion period -- Factors affecting Muslim soldiers' attitudes and performance.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Soviet Union--Armed Forces--Minorities.