Demographic Sources of the Changing Ethnic Composition of the Soviet Union
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4120928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara A Anderson (0000-0003-2300-0954), Brian D Silver |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 609 |
| Publication date | 1989-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1972593 |
| OpenAlex | W2062211654 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
The Soviet Union is a multi-ethnic country and ethnic loyalties are an enduring aspect of Soviet society. This article discusses the changing ethnic composition of the Soviet population as a whole and by region using census data for 1959 1970 and 1989. It examines the proximate demographic sources of ethnic change for various regions of the country with special emphasis on fertility and migration. Differences in population growth rates during the last 30 years have led to marked changes in the ethnic composition of the USSR and such changes will continue in the future. The impending decline of ethnic Russians to a minority within the Soviet Union will have a greater political and symbolic significance that demographic significance. Nevertheless differential growth rates of Russians Slavs other non-Muslims and Muslims portend more dramatic changes in the ethnic composition of the USSR over the longer term. The patterns of ethnic composition of Soviet regions are not only changing but are also highly diverse. While the non-European republics are becoming more homogeneous the European republics are becoming more Russianized. In contrast to the Baltic Republics most other republics have experienced increasing ethnic indigenization for many years. The movement toward greater dispersal of governmental autonomy within the federal system accompanied by the growth of local popular movements and parties is likely to mean that the trend toward indigenization of these non-Russian republics will not be reversed in the near future
Composition (language) · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic composition · Ethnic group · Geography · Political science · Politics · Soviet union · European Politics and Security · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2023 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |