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13 - Terrorism in Post-Soviet Russia

1990s to 2010s

from Part III - Historical Case Studies in Terrorism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2021

Richard English
Affiliation:
Queen's University Belfast
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Where does the Russian case or, rather, the two distinct periods of terrorism in Russia, stand vis-à-vis the world’s historical waves of terrorism, from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century? What are the key aspects specific to the main types of terrorism in post-Soviet Russia (i.e. terrorism by separatist-Islamist rebels in Chechnya and the broader North Caucasian region in the course of the first post-Soviet decades, and the more recent phenomenon of transnationalised, but home-grown, Islamist terrorism inspired by ‘global jihad’)? How specific are they, compared to typologically similar varieties of terrorism elsewhere? How does the rise and fall of terrorism in post-Soviet Russia relate to the factors of sociopolitical and socio-economic transition, regime type, functionality and legitimacy of state power, public perceptions and transnationalisation, in general and as compared to terrorism in the Russian Empire? How can very low levels of domestic terrorism during the Soviet period be explained? Finally, does history teach us anything? Can any lessons be gleaned from almost three decades of the more recent, contemporary history of terrorism in post-Soviet Russia? Have they been? If so, do they apply to Russia alone or more generally? These are just some of the questions that the angle taken in this volume raises in relation to Russia and that require both its main historical periods of terrorist activity to be addressed.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

Dolnik, A., Negotiating the Impossible? The Beslan Hostage Crisis (London, Royal United Services Institute, 2007)Google Scholar
Moore, C. and Tumelty, P., ‘Foreign Fighters and the Case of Chechnya’, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 31/5 (2008)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
North Caucasus: The Challenges of Integration (I–IV), International Crisis Group (ICG) Europe reports nos. 220, 221, 226, 237 (Brussels, ICG, 2012–15)Google Scholar
Stepanova, E., ‘Russia’s Response to Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century’, in Boyle, M. (ed.), Non-Western Responses to Terrorism (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2019)Google Scholar
Tishkov, V., Chechnya: Life in a War-Torn Society (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2004)Google Scholar

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