Formation of National Elites as a Factor of the USSR Disintegration

The disintegration of the USSR was a natural consequence of the Soviet national policy aimed at accelerating the modernization of the Union republics and equalizing their levels of development. By launching the process of the de-Russification (korenizatsiya) managerial personnel, Moscow has contributed to the formation of modern national elites on the ground. The implementation of the national-state construction project led to the nationalization of ethnic and interethnic relations and the sovereignization of the Union republics, а key factor in the collapse of the USSR.

Keywords

disintegration of the Soviet Union, national politics, korenization policy, ethnic structure of the state apparatus, ethnic discrimination, de-Russification of the government bodies

Acknowledgment

This research was supported by grant No. 20-09-00353 from RFBR “The disintegration of the Soviet Union in the Human Dimension: An Interdisciplinary Study”.

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01.08.2021

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27.09.2021

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GOST	Mironov B. Formation of National Elites as a Factor of the USSR Disintegration // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2021. – Issue 8 C. 33-48 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250014306-9-1-en (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250014306-9
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