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Movements Toward Sovereignty, Chechnya: Study Guide

1. What is the relationship like between the government in Moscow and the non-Russian nationalities in the constituent republics?
2. What are some of the things that complicate the relationship?
3. What are some of the dissatisfactions that the non-Russian nationalisties have with the Russian government?
4. What are some of the things that Russian would be deprived of if these regions' secession from the Russian Federation would take place?
5. What kind of reputation does Chechnya and the Chechens have in Russia?
6. How did Stalin and Khrushchev deal with Chechny and the Chechens?
7. When did Chechnya declare full independence?
8. Hwatis the reaction of some of the republics to Russia's invasion of Chechnya?