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Comparative Ethnic Territorially Based Autonomy in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and Yakutia of Russia: An Analytical Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2020

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Sansar Tsakhirmaa*
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Program in East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Abstract

This article proposes an analytical framework to address why implemented autonomy outcomes may differ across ethnic republics in the Russian Federation. Composed of a long-range factor, inter-ethnic boundary making, and a short-term factor, titular elites’ representation in the ethno-regional state, the framework is applied to a synchronic comparison of three republics of Russia with differing autonomy outcomes for the 2010s, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and Yakutia, reliant upon state-generated data and fieldwork. Titular elites’ representation in the ethnoregional state is used as a proxy for titular elites’ bargaining capacity with the central state. It is argued that an “integration–distinction balance,” or rather, higher inter-ethnic integration combined with robust consciousness of inter-ethnic distinction, can contribute to titular elites’ bargaining capacity with the center, which can lead to greater autonomy outcome for the ethnic republic.

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ethnic regional autonomy in Russiainter-ethnic integrationtitular elitesTatarstanBashkortostanYakutia
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 48 , Issue 5 , September 2020 , pp. 891 - 914
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