Evolution of Interethnic Relations and National Policy in USSR in 1920s − 1991

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the main stages of the international relations evolution from the first days of the USSR existence to its collapse in 1991. The authors pay attention to the serious mistakes in the national policy of the Communist Party and the Soviet Government that led to the aggravation of the national situation in the USSR and finally to the national and state crisis in the Soviet Union.

Keywords

• национальное государство
• дружба народов
• политические элиты
• межнациональные конфликты
• национальности
• нации
• народности
• право наций на самоопределение
• национальная политика
• многонациональное государство