Soviet Ethnic Relations and the Fall of Nikolai Podgorny

Aliyev analysis Andropov appears Appendix attention to nationality Bilinsky Central Committee Secretary Chairman clear clearly coded coded refer Communist Party compared concern critical Criticism of National differences elder brother emphasis ences especially ethnic evidence examine frequency further given giving Grechko Ideological importance included increasingly indicate individual Kosygin Kunaev largely larger pattern leadership less literature Mazurov Mean MICHIGAN minority elites national deviations national minority national question National Relations Nationalist nationality issues nationality orientation nationality themes Nikolai Podgorny noted pattern of attention percent percentage period Podgorny's Politburo Members political power Polyanski position presented Presidium Pro-Great Russian pro-national minority provides public attention public references Rashidov References to Brezhnev references to nationality reflect Removed from Politburo salience seems Shcherbytski Shelest significant Soviet elites Soviet Nationality specific suggests Supreme Soviet Suslov Table theme tion Ukrainian Union Unity of Soviet University USSR variance whole writings