The disintegration of the Soviet Union in December 1991 led to the de-colonization of the
world's last remaining empire. Taking this into account, this article seeks to argue two points …

This essay examines the transformation of identity of Russian-speakers in independent
Ukraine. Based on survey, focus groups and public discourse data, it explores the hierarchy …

The collapse of the Communist bloc in 1989 and then of the Soviet Union in 1991 has
presented unique challenges to the educational systems in place during socialist times, and …

The recent tumult of Ukraine's Orange Revolution and its aftermath has exposed some of the
deep political, social, and cultural divisions that run through the former Soviet republic …

National identity is forged and defined through a dual process of stressing the similarities of
the in-group (the 'Self') and its differences with those outside the political community (the …

This article proposes a comparison of the attitudes of the first and second presidents of
Turkmenistan to discuss possible overlap between personality cult, as it has been initiated …

This article surveys the official narrative on representation of Estonian identity and
Estonianness through the tourism strategy implemented by Estonia from 2007 to 2015 …

A régiót az elmúlt csaknem 150 évben uraló különböző államok regionális nyelv-és
oktatáspolitikáját a hatalmat birtokló többségi elit pozícióinak megerősítése vezérelte. A …

Names: Polese, Abel, editor. Title: Identity and nation building in everyday post-socialist
life/edited by Abel Polese, Jeremy Morris, Oleksandra Seliverstova and Emilia Pawlusz …

This paper examines the discourses framing citizenship education in Ukraine and Russia
from perestroika to the present and assesses the role of the Council of Europe in promoting …