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Slavic countries

In post-Soviet Russia, a quest to define national identity

Global Politics

Despite it being 20 years since the Soviet Union came apart, Russia is still struggling to determine what it means to be Russian — what the nations values really are.

Kosovo: A State Stuck in Purgatory

The Collapse of the Soviet Union

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