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Created @October 4, 2024 10:10 AM
Status Open
Updated @October 4, 2024 10:11 AM
Society
Social Connections and Division
>80% ethnically Russian
Russian Orthodox Church: reassertion under Putin, legitimise some of state
actions, inspire nationalism
Large Range of Ethnic Minorities
none make up more than 4% of the population alone, but together they make
up 20%
varying levels of autonomy
can be categorised by language family and location (Slavic, Turkic, Caucasus)
Social Cleavages (Ethnicity)
Division in population between majority Russian Slavs and some ethnic
minorities
State response to ethnic minorities in different ways
Ex. Siberia and other autonomous oblasts - left alone
Ex. Chechnya and significant state centralization of power
Why might the state respond to ethnic minorities in different ways?
Chechnya (case study of ethnic division)
Political Ideology
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Created @October 4, 2024 10:10 AM
Status Open
Updated @October 4, 2024 10:11 AM
Society
Social Connections and Division
>80% ethnically Russian
Russian Orthodox Church: reassertion under Putin, legitimise some of state
actions, inspire nationalism
Large Range of Ethnic Minorities
none make up more than 4% of the population alone, but together they make
up 20%
varying levels of autonomy
can be categorised by language family and location (Slavic, Turkic, Caucasus)
Social Cleavages (Ethnicity)
Division in population between majority Russian Slavs and some ethnic
minorities
State response to ethnic minorities in different ways
Ex. Siberia and other autonomous oblasts - left alone
Ex. Chechnya and significant state centralization of power
Why might the state respond to ethnic minorities in different ways?
Chechnya (case study of ethnic division)
Political Ideology
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