The emergence in 1991 of the fourteen borderland post-Soviet states has been
accompanied by the reforging of their national identities. Such attempts to
rethink or reimagine the nation have had a major impact in reshaping the
political, cultural and social lives of both national and ethnic minority groups
alike. This book analyzes these national identities and explores their
consequences for the borderland states, with substantive studies drawn from the
Baltic states, Ukraine and Belarus, Transcaucasia and Central Asia.