The Volga Tatars under Russian domination

Essay from the year 2001 in the subject Politics - Region: Russia, grade: 1.7 (A-), University of Leeds (POLIS), language: English, abstract: In 1990 the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar ASSR declared the sovereignty of the Tatar state. Since then the political leaders of Tatarstan have pursued a self-conscious, but moderate national policy within the Russian Federation that has become a leading exampl...