Interpreting "Nationality" and "Language" in the 2001 Ukrainian Census

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-249

  Arel, Dominique ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; LANGUAGE; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

UKRAINE;

EID: 0036663322     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.18.3.213     Document Type: Article

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