This source provides context for how various national and ethnic forces contributed to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. 

Increasing separatism and the inability of Soviet leaders to effectively counteract centrifugal forces within the Union would eventually push the state towards collapse. 

One of these centrifugal forces was the various national religious movements in SSRs across the Union, such as in Ukraine, Georgia, and Lithuania, as evidenced by primary source images.

This article provides the groundwork for developments within late Soviet nationality policy, which directly affected various national groups throughout the Union.

As the title suggests, this source covers the neglect of Soviet nationality policy and how national groups became inspired to make bids for independence. 

Outdated views on nationality and nationalism misled Soviet leaders, influencing them to make decisions that would eventually lead to the formation of breakaway states in 1991. 

As seen in "Letter About Moscow’s Policy toward Georgian Nation" and "Letter of Ukrainian Political Prisoners", Soviet officials did not properly anticipate and provide for the varied needs of national groups throughout the Union.

Therefore, this book provides a valuable insight into the factors that influenced late Soviet nationality policy.