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Article: Tatar sauce. (Tatarstan, Soviet Union)
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- September 7, 1991
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AS THE Soviet Union splinters, keep an eye on Tatarstan. An enclave within Russia 650 kilometres (400 miles) east of Moscow, it is home to the largest ethnic minority in the Russian republic. And it wants to secede.
Enmity between Tatars and Russians goes back centuries. Asked about relations with Russia, the Tatar prime minister delivers a passionate lecture on the history of Tatar separatism. Russians' attitude to Tatar separatism is equally uncompromising. Baltic independence is one thing. But no Russian leader will countenance a separate Tatarstan. The acting chairman of the Russian parliament said after the coup that no part of Russia could split away, and ...
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