The Crimean Tatars - Fisher, Alan W

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Résumé :
In the most comprehensive survey of the Crimean Tatars--from the foundation of the glorious khanate in the fifteenth century to genocide and the struggle for survival in the twentieth century--Alan W. Fisher presents a detailed analysis of the culture and history of this people. The author clarifies and assesses the myriad problems inherent to a multinational society comprising more than one hundred non-Russian ethnic groups and discusses the resurgence of nationalist sentiment, the efforts of the Crimean Tatars and others to regain territorial rights lost during the Stalinist era, and the political impact these movements have on contemporary Soviet affairs....

Biographie:
Alan W. Fisher is professor of history at Michigan State University. His focus of research is the history of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkic peoples, especially the Crimean Tatars. He is the author of The Russian Annexation of the Crimea, 1772-1783....

Sommaire:
Alan W. Fisher is professor of history at Michigan State University. His focus of research is the history of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkic peoples, especially the Crimean Tatars. He is the author of The Russian Annexation of the Crimea, 1772-1783....