From the other shore: Reflections of russian Émigré thinkers on soviet nationality policies, 1920s–1930s

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Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 33-48

  Torbakov, Igor ^a,b  

^a OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

^b Istanbul ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ethnic relations; Nationalities; Political philosophy; Russia; Russian empire; Russian migr s; Soviet union

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011438699     PISSN: 15228886     EISSN: 15229041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J167v04n04_04     Document Type: Article

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