Introduction. Part 1 Theorizing ethnicity in the Soviet and post-Soviet contexts
1. Ethnicity in Soviet and post-Soviet states in context
2. Situations and strategies of national minorities in post-Soviet Eurasia: a conceptual and theoretical framework Part 2 Case studies
3. Between Kurdish nationalism and Yezidi ethno-religious exceptionalism. Identity split among the Yezidis in Armenia and Georgia
4. Like “plastic”? Ethnic ambiguity as a survival strategy among the Megrelians in the de facto state of Abkhazia
5. Between two states: the Lezgins’ struggle for cultural survival in Russia and Azerbaijan
6. The evolution of Azerbaijani Talysh identity: construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction across Soviet and post-Soviet eras
7. We were nomads. The influence of the border on the mobility of Georgian Azerbaijanis after 1991 and 2020
8. What went wrong? Reflections on the Komi ethnic movement
9. Contesting culture: state instrumentalization of Sakha traditions in the post-Soviet Republic of Sakha
10. Latgalians - contested identity through the past and the present
11. Identity narratives of the Rusyns in Transcarpathia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union
12. The Gagauz diaspora in Transnistria: preserving identity in a multi-ethnic environment
13. Koryo-saram - spirals of migration and transformations of identity
14. Kazakhstani Russians in transition: identity formation in times of uncertainty
15. Karakalpaks: entity with and without autonomy. Conclusion