Ethnopolitics and the future of the Soviet Union, Zvi Gitelman; the Brezhnev legacy - nationalities and Gorbachev, Theresa C. Smith and Thomas A. Oleszczuk; nationaism in Central Asia in the context of Glasnost and Perestroika, Yaacov Ro'i; revolutions in revolutions within revolution - minorities in the Georgian republic, Stephen F. Jones; assimilation of the karelians in the Soviet Union - a demographic appraisal, Seppo Lallukka; Soviet Koreans and the politics of ethnic education, Youn-Cha Shin Chey; the impact of socioeconomic, sociocultural and sociopolitical factors on demographic trends in a multiethnic society - the Soviet model, Shalvia Ben-Barak; elections in Ukraine, 1990, Peter J. Potichnyj; the strange politics of Lviv - an essay in search of an explanation, Roman Szporluk.

The Soviet Union has undergone many changes recently as many of its peoples are demanding autonomy and even independence. This volume of essays analyzes recent political and social movements and trends among a variety of Soviet ethnic groups and explains their grievances and goals.