Kremlin will speed up assimilating non-Russian Tatars

Limiting Tatarstan’s political, cultural and linguistic autonomy is part of Putin’s unifying ideology of a Russian world

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  • Particular problem of Tatarstan
  • Search for 'national idea'
  • Emergence of Russian nationalism
  • Language and culture
  • Tatar exceptionalism
  • Interpretations of history
  • Cultural difference
  • Imposition of Tatar language

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