TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lenton,Adam
TI  - Decolonizing Russia?: Disentangling Debates
T2  - Elements in Soviet and Post-Soviet History 
SN  - 9781009664738
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
N1  - E-Book / Zugriff nur im Lesesaal; 1. Introduction; 2. Identity and Empire in Russian History; 3. The Soviet Rule: Decolonial in Form, Colonial in Content?; 4. Post-Socialist Transition: Decolonization and Recolonization; 5. Decolonization and Its International Dimension; 6. Decolonization as Scholarship; 7. Conclusion
N2  - Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 radically changed the way many viewed the nature of the Russian state. The centrality of resentment and imperial nostalgia in Russian narratives led many to argue that Russian imperialism was a key force behind the invasion. By extension, this led to the idea that decolonization - largely in scholarship, but also among some policy circles - offered a way to better understanding Russia in this new context. To this end, this Element examines the debates over decolonization in the Russian case. It begins by contextualizing these debates through an examination of Russia's historical development as an empire. It then identifies and disentangles three key focal points: decolonization as domestic Russian politics, the transnational politics of decolonization, and decolonization as a scholarly endeavor. By doing so, this Element shows where decolonization has merit, but also where it is contested or limited
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009664738 
ER  -