Decolonizing Russia? : disentangling debates /
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 radically changed the way many viewed the nature of the Russian state.The centrality of resentment and imperial nostalgia in Russian narratives led many to argue that Russian imperialism was a key force behind the invasion.By extension, t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2025.
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| Series: | Elements in Soviet and post-Soviet history
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| Summary: | Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 radically changed the way many viewed the nature of the Russian state.The centrality of resentment and imperial nostalgia in Russian narratives led many to argue that Russian imperialism was a key force behind the invasion.By extension, this led to the idea that decolonization - largely in scholarship, but also among some policy circles - offered a way to better understanding Russia in this new context.To this end, this Element examines the debates over decolonization in the Russian case.It begins by contextualizing these debates through an examination of Russia's historical development as an empire.It then identifies and disentangles three key focal points: decolonization as domestic Russian politics, the transnational politics of decolonization, and decolonization as a scholarly endeavor.By doing so, this Element shows where decolonization has merit, but also where it is contested or limited. |
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| Item Description: | "This Element has been authored by Adam Leton and two colleagues who have preferred to remain anonymized given the sensitivity of the topic in Russia."--page 8. |
| Physical Description: | 78 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781009664745 1009664743 1009664786 9781009664783 |