Nationalist Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet State (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 4, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780521001489
Subjects: Nationalism; Political economy; Revolutions & coups; Sociology, Social Studies; Post-Communism; Political Science; History & Theory - General; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Political aspects; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Political Science / General; Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991; Ethnic relations; Soviet Union; Economic Conditions; 1985-1991; Politics and government
First sentence: "On May 18, 1991, two Soviet cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome for a routine four-month mission abroad the Mir space station."