Ethnic Relations in Post-Soviet Russia

Andrew Foxall is Director of the Russia Studies Centre at The Henry Jackson Society, UK. He was formerly an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK, and Lecturer in Human Geography at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.

1. Introduction 2. Ethnicity in Post-Soviet Russia 3. The Post-Soviet North Caucasus 4. Post-Soviet Population Change 5. Ethnic Discrimination and Violence in Stavropol Kray 6. Discourses of Demonisation: Chechens, Russians, and the Stavropol Riots of 2007 7. Contested Memorialisation: Understanding Ethnic Relations Through the Built Environment 8. Performing Ethnic Relations: Regional Spectacles in Stavropol Kray 9. Conclusion