Nationalismes dans la patrie du socialisme. Mobilisations nationales des étudiants du tiers-monde en Union soviétique

This paper explores the political movement of students from Africa and the Middle East in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It suggests that, beyond anti-imperialism and Communism, several national groups or members of national minorities defended first and foremost their national cause. The Kur...

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Main Author: Constantin Katsakioris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2019-11-01
Series:Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/4387
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Nationalismes dans la patrie du socialisme. Mobilisations nationales des étudiants du tiers-monde en Union soviétique
Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
nationalism
separatism
student movement
Leninism
civil war
Soviet Union
title Nationalismes dans la patrie du socialisme. Mobilisations nationales des étudiants du tiers-monde en Union soviétique
title_full Nationalismes dans la patrie du socialisme. Mobilisations nationales des étudiants du tiers-monde en Union soviétique
title_fullStr Nationalismes dans la patrie du socialisme. Mobilisations nationales des étudiants du tiers-monde en Union soviétique
title_full_unstemmed Nationalismes dans la patrie du socialisme. Mobilisations nationales des étudiants du tiers-monde en Union soviétique
title_short Nationalismes dans la patrie du socialisme. Mobilisations nationales des étudiants du tiers-monde en Union soviétique
title_sort nationalismes dans la patrie du socialisme mobilisations nationales des etudiants du tiers monde en union sovietique
topic nationalism
separatism
student movement
Leninism
civil war
Soviet Union
url https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/4387
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