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Nationalism in the Fallen Soviet U nion

Nationalism in the Fallen Soviet U nion. The Caucuses and slow moving Russian nationalism. Trouble in the Caucuses after 1991. Northern Caucuses stayed Russian Mountains provided natural frontier for Russia Southern Caucuses were free from Russian control

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Nationalism in the Fallen Soviet U nion

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  1. Nationalism in the Fallen Soviet Union The Caucuses and slow moving Russian nationalism

  2. Trouble in the Caucuses after 1991 • Northern Caucuses stayed Russian • Mountains provided natural frontier for Russia • Southern Caucuses were free from Russian control • Why would Russia worry about owning the Northern Caucuses?

  3. Chechnya: The Rebel • 1994 – Chechnya declares independence from Russia • Late 1994 – Russia invades but Chechnya wins and is granted independence • 1999 – Chechens try to influence Dagestan and Ingushetia • Russia reinvades and wins this time • Chechnya is absorbed into Russia • Leads to insurgency situations by the Chechens • Beslan School and the Moscow Theater

  4. Russian Intervention Speeds Up • 2008 – Russia attacked the Southern Caucus state of Georgia • Today, Russia controls Abkazia and South Ossetia • Not recognized by the international community • Still an area of tensions in the world

  5. Creeping Russian Expansion • Feb – Protestors overthrow pro-Russian Ukrainian president Yanukovick • New gov’t is very quickly established • In response pro-Russian and pro-Yanukovich areas vow not to recognize new gov’t in Kiev

  6. Russian Intervention • Late Feb 2014 – unmarked Russian special forces started to occupy the Crimean Peninsula • Special election leads to Russian annexation • March – April – other areas in the East experience occupation • April – “talks” are held between Russia and Ukraine

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