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mmmn %.. Wy.. THEHIDDEN NATIONS <<«x? ^/?A. THE PEOPLE ± ^o. '/>o/ THE UKRAINE TO CENTRAL ASIA ^^i HIIDIADIUII&IIDIIIIiyilRIITIIIICIIV ^a S/)t FPT ISBN 0-688-08849-X $22.95 THEHIDDEnnATIOnS THE PEOPLE CHALLENGE THE SOVIET UNION yomy ntDiHioH Kimiiiiiuiiv The Hidden Nations tells one of the momen- tous stories of the late twentieth century— the resurgence of nationalism and massive protests among the silenced peoples and republics of the Soviet Union. No less than the existence ofthe USSR is at stake. Nadia Diuk and Adrian Karatnycky trav- eled the vast reaches of the Soviet Union to document and talk firsthand to the political leaders who are challenging the seventy- three-year-oldempire. Theyhaveproduceda probing, chilling report that explains how — the previously unthinkable the reemer- gence ofthe non-Russian Sovietnations onto the political map—has actually happened. From theacquisition oftheTatarregionin the sixteenth century to the 1939 Hitler- Stalin pact for the Baltic region, Russia sys- tematically acquired territories and peoples. Moscow's brutally repressive policies caused many observers to feel that totalitarianism had stamped out these peoples' traditions, values,andbondstothepast. Thisenlighten- ingand powerful studyshows howand why today the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Ukraine, the Baltics, and CentralAsia are working to undo thepast. Lithuanians, Latvians, Georgians, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Estonians—who are these mil- lions rising to assert their rights? Do their movements pose a threat to the reform pro- cess initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev? What chance do these non-Russian, hidden nations havetobecome independent, auton- omous states? What should the West do to support these democratic movements? Can (continuedon backjlap) THE HIDDEN NATIONS H THE idden NIations The People Challenge Union the Soviet ^ Nadia Diuk and Adrian Karatnycky WILLIAM MORROW AND COMPANY, INC. New York Copyright © 1990 by Nadia Diuk and Adrian Karatnycky Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyany means, electronicor mechanical, includingphotocopying, recordingorbyany information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Inquiries shouldbeaddressedtoPermissions Department, William MorrowandCompany, Inc., 105 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. Recognizingtheimportanceofpreservingwhathasbeenwritten, itisthepolicyofWilliam Morrow and Company, Inc., and its imprints and affiliates to have the books it publishes printed on acid-free paper, and we exertourbest efforts to that end. LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Diuk, Nadia. The hidden nations : the people challenge the Soviet Union /by Nadia Diukand Adrian Karatnycky. p. cm. ISBN 0-688-088—49-X — 1. Soviet Un—ion Eth—nicrelations. 2. Nationalism Soviet Union. 3. Soviet Union—History Autonomyand—independence movements. 4. Soviet Union Politicsandgovernment 1985- I. Karatnycky, Adrian. II. Title. DK33.D58 1990 323.1'47—dc20 90-39501 CIP PrintedintheUnited StatesofAmerica First Edition 123456789 10 BOOK DESIGNBY PAULCHEVANNES To Irene and Petro and To the memory ofMariyka and Bohdan
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