post-Soviet
Following USSR's collapse
Post-Soviet describes the period, states, or conditions following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
It applies to the fifteen independent republics that emerged—Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic states, and others—and to the political, economic, and cultural transitions they underwent: post-Soviet Russia, the post-Soviet era.
The term often implies ongoing influence of Soviet-era institutions, infrastructure, or mentalities.
Post-Soviet regional organization
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- EurasiaCombined continental mass
- CaucasusMountain range, Black to Caspian
- Central AsiaContinental interior between Russia and Iran
buffer zone · spheres of influence · Crimea · annexation · Donbas · Orange Revolution · Rose Revolution
Electric psychiatric treatment
- privatizationState sells public assets
- oligarchsWealthy few who govern
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
- voucher systemPayment via redeemable certificates
devaluation · brain drain · capital flight · energy dependence · resource curse · oligarchy · state capitalism · kleptocracy
Supreme independent authority
- nation-buildingConstructing governmental institutions
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
Longing for the past
- RussificationEnforced cultural assimilation
- collective memoryCommunity's shared historical recall
- Victory DayHoliday marking military triumph
- Great Patriotic WarSoviet term for WWII
Cyrillic · compatriots · renaming · language politics · ethnic minorities
Transition toward popular rule
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- lustrationCleansing rite or vetting
- civil societyNongovernmental organized citizenry
- free pressJournalism without censorship
electoral reform · institution-building · rule of law · anti-corruption · European integration · judicial independence · NGOs · human rights
CIS
Post-Soviet regional organization
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- EurasiaCombined continental mass
- CaucasusMountain range, Black to Caspian
Central Asia · buffer zone · spheres of influence · Crimea · annexation · Donbas · Orange Revolution · Rose Revolution
shock therapy
Electric psychiatric treatment
- privatizationState sells public assets
- oligarchsWealthy few who govern
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
voucher system · devaluation · brain drain · capital flight · energy dependence · resource curse · oligarchy · state capitalism · kleptocracy · remittances
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- nation-buildingConstructing governmental institutions
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- RussificationEnforced cultural assimilation
- collective memoryCommunity's shared historical recall
- Victory DayHoliday marking military triumph
Great Patriotic War · Cyrillic · compatriots · renaming · language politics · ethnic minorities
democratization
Transition toward popular rule
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- lustrationCleansing rite or vetting
- civil societyNongovernmental organized citizenry
free press · electoral reform · institution-building · rule of law · anti-corruption · European integration · judicial independence · NGOs · human rights · authoritarianism
- Eastern EuropePoland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria
- Russian Historytsars, Romanov, czars, tsar, USSR
- Eastern BlocEastern Bloc, communist regime, Warsaw Pact, Iron Curtain, USSR
- Armenian HistoryArmenia, Armenians, Etchmiadzin, Armenian Genocide, Yerevan
- Color RevolutionsOrange Revolution, Rose Revolution, Tulip Revolution, Velvet Revolution, Carnation Revolution
post-Sovietcommunist
Collectivist political adherent
Eastern Bloc · Warsaw Pact · socialist · Iron Curtain · satellite state