Empire of Nations
Subtitle: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union (Culture and Society After Socialism)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: May 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780801489082
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; Revolutions & coups; First World War, 1914-1918; History - General History; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History; History: World; Russia; Ethnology; Anthropology - General; Ethnic relations; Government policy; Minorities; Soviet Union
First sentence: When the Bolsheviks staged a successful coup in October 1917, they proclaimed the dawn of a new era.