Russia's Road to Minsk: Developments from the August Coup to the Formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Bu makale temel olarak Ağustos ayındaki darbe girişiminden 1991 yılı sonuna kadar Rusya Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyetler Federasyonu (RSFSR) içerisindeki politik değişimi analiz etmektedir. Bu dönem giderek artan biçimde gücün Rusya Federasyonu ve diğer cumhuriyetlere kayması sonucu Sovyetler Birliği'nin sonuna ve Bağımsız Devletler Toplulıığu'nun (BDT) onun yerine almasına şahitlik etmiştir. Analiz edilebilecek kurumsal çerçeve eksikliği dolayısıyla, makale, gerektiğinde, baskın politik karakterlere, en önemli olarak, Yeltsin ve Gorbaçev'a odaklanmaktadır. Yeltsin'in önemli pozisyonlara reformcuları atamasıyla, nasıl yeni bir Rusya vizyonunun şekillendiği, Rusya'nın ekonomik gücünü ele geçirmenin onun stratejisinde nasıl en önemli parçayı oluşturduğu gösterilmektedir. Makale, hem tarihi eğilimlerin hem de bireylerin Sovyetler Birliği'nin çöküşünde oynadıkları rolü ve sivil yaklaşımın, ki Rusya'nın emperyal rol kaybının tekrar canlanan devletin yönetimsel kurumlarına dayalı yeni bir milli kimlikle telafi edildiğini ileri sürmüştür, Rusya'da baskın milliyetçi ideoloji oluşunu göstermektedir. Bu analiz, makale sonunda hakkında kısa bir bilgi verilen günümüz Rusya'sıyla da bir karşılaştırma için arka plan oluşturmaktadır.

Russya'nın Minsk'e Uzanan Yolu: Ağustos Darbesinden Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğunun Kuruluşuna Kadar Yaşanan Gelişmeler

This article analyses the political change mainly within the former Russian Soviet Federation of Socialist Republics (RSFSR), from the coup attempt in August to the end of the year 1991. This period witnessed the end of the Soviet Union by increasing shift of power to Russian Federation and other republics and its eventual replacement by Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Since there was a lack of institutional framework to be analysed, where necessary, the article will focus upon dominant political characters, most importantly Yeltsin and Gorbachev. It shows how the new vision for Russia took shape as Yeltsin appointed the 'Young Turks' to key positions and how in his strategy gaining control of the Russian economic might constituted the most important component. It shows how both historical trends and individuals played a role in the collapse of the Soviet Union and civic approach, which claimed that the loss of Russia's imperial role was compensated by the establishment of a new national identity based on the civic institutions of revived statehood, became the dominant nationalist ideology in Russia. This analysis also provides a background for a comparison with today's Russia, a brief information about which is provided at the end.

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