Abstract
By 1988–9 the nationality question had become increasingly acute in the Soviet Union, but Gorbachev still refused to consider a new union treaty or the transformation of the USSR into a confederation of sovereign states (a demand raised earlier by the non-Russians, but not backed by Gorbachev until after the August 1991 attempted putsch). This period saw the growth of new Popular Fronts throughout the non-Russian republics, criticism of bilingualism, demands for a return to ‘Leninist nationality policy’, complaints about the role of the Russian ‘elder brother’ and condemnation of the non-voluntary nature of the Soviet Union.KeywordsCommunist PartyMedia CampaignInformal GroupNational ConsciousnessNationality PolicyThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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