Czynniki destabilizacji politycznej w Karaczajo-Czerkiesji: separatyzm etniczny i fundamentalizm religijny
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2012
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Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa UAM
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The factors of political destabilization in Karachay-Cherkessia: ethnic separatism and religious fundamentalism
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The Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia is among the most unstable entities of the Russian
federation. Whereas the ideas of radical political Islam enjoy little popularity there, the ethnic
structure is exceptionally complex, which is not reflected in the model of territorial administration.
The scale of corruption and nepotism of the local elite is enormous. The relations between
the two titular ethnicities of Karachay-Cherkessia abound in mutual prejudices and
distrust, or even hostility. The current model of a two-nationality republic is an element of the
Soviet legacy, originally introduced in order to overcome ethnic particularism. The decline of
the Soviet model of state fostered ethnic particularism and separatism, which applied to
Karachays and Cherkessians alike at the turn of the nineteen-eighties. At present, Karachay
separatism is a marginal phenomenon, while the influence of the Pan-Cherkessian movement
has been consistently growing, posing an increasing threat to the territorial integrity of the
Russian Federation. The author characterizes various dimensions of ethnic separatism in
Karachay-Cherkessia and analyzes the reasons for the weakness of the armed Islamist underground
in this Caucasian republic.
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Przegląd Politologiczny, 2012, nr 2, s. 93-105.
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1426-8876