Category Archives: History

Georgi Derluguian – Abkhazia: A Broken Paradise

Leave a reply

The conventional explanations of the Abkhazian independence war against the Republic of Georgia invariably dwell on the combination of local ancient hatreds and Moscow’s secret meddling 다운로드. This explanation is both incorrect and politically harmful. After all, what can be done if the hatreds are so ancient, and Russia, as any state faced with similar problems, might predictably have no option but to continue ‘meddling’ in its complicated Caucasus underbelly 다운로드? To reframe these inherently pessimistic assumptions, let us revisit the typical arguments or ‘facts’ one hears from the participants in the Abkhazia conflict 다운로드.

Derluguian, G. (2007). Abkhazia: A Broken Paradise. Frontier Scouts and Border Crossers, 65-88.

Download

Robert D. Kaplan – Where Europe Vanishes

Leave a reply
다운로드

Civilizations have collided in the Caucasus Mountains since the dawn of history, and the region’s dozens of ethnic groups have been noted for “obstinacy and ferocity” since ancient times 스파이 앱 다운로드. Stalin was born in these mountains, and it was also here that the Soviet empire began to crumble. The story of the Republic of Georgia illustrates that the peoples of the Caucasus may prove as incapable of self-rule as they were resistant to rule by outsiders 모두의 마블.

Kaplan, R. (2000, November). Where Europe Vanishes. Atlantic Monthly, 67-81.

Download

Edward G. Thomas – When Sugar Cane Grows in the Snow: Ethno-Nationalist Politics and the Collapse of the Georgian State

Leave a reply

This paper examines Georgia’s transition from Soviet rule to independent statehood in 1991, focusing primarily on the relationship between the political ideology within the independence movement and the failure of the development and construction of the Georgia Republic writ large 다운로드. It is shown that, while there is no single overarching explanation for the collapse of the Georgian state, one critical line of causation is drawn from the effects of a radical ethno-nationalist discourse within the dominant Georgian political culture 톰캣 7 다운로드.

Thomas, E. G. (2006). When Sugar Cane Grows in the Snow: Ethno-Nationalist Politics and the Collapse of the Georgian State. Undercurrent, 3(1), 53-64 aix nmon 다운로드.

Download

Ghia Nodia – Causes and Visions of Conflict in Abkhazia

Leave a reply
다운로드

This paper analyzes the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict from the perspective of four major players (the Georgians, the Abkhaz, the Russians, and the West). It also explains the formation of the Georgian and Abkhaz national projects 다운로드. It concludes with options for a possible settlement.

Nodia, G. (1997). Causes and Visions of Conflict in Abkhazia 다운로드. Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley.

Download

Marcello Cherchi and Paul Manning – Disciplines and Nations: Niko Marr vs. His Georgian Students on Tbilisi State University and the Japhetidology/ Caucasology Schism

Leave a reply

The essay will examine Marr and the impact of his work from several perspectives. The first main section attempts to demonstrate that from the methodological viewpoint, some of his early work was actually well within the paradigm of comparative linguistics at the time 동방영야초 다운로드. In the next section the authors investigate in detail a number of Marr ‘s personal relationships-virtually all antagonistic-which seem to have been significant in his career 다운로드. How Marr’s ideas concerning the purpose and structure of the proposed university in Tbilisi ultimately were not accepted by his own students.


Cherchi, M., & Manning, H 다운로드. P. (2002). Disciplines and Nations: Niko Marr vs. His Georgian Students on Tbilisi State University and Japhetidology/Caucasology Schism. The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, (1603), 66 언홀리 디재스터 다운로드.

Download