Titular nationThe titular nation is the single dominant ethnic group in a particular state, typically after which the state was named. The term was first used by Maurice Barrès in the late 19th century. The notion was used in the Soviet Union to denote nations that give rise to titles of autonomous entities within the union: Soviet republics, autonomous republics, autonomous regions, etc., such as Byelorussian SSR for Belarusians. For an ethnos to become a Soviet titular nation, it had to satisfy certain criteria in terms of the amount of population and compactness of its settlement.
Soviet and communist studiesSoviet and communist studies, or Soviet studies is the field of historical studies of the Soviet Union and other Communist states as well as historical studies of the Communist parties that existed or still exist in some form in many countries, both inside and outside the former Eastern Bloc, such as the Communist Party USA. Aspects of its historiography have attracted debates between historians on topics including totalitarianism and Cold War espionage.
Patriotisme soviétiquedroite|vignette|Drapeau de l'Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques. Le patriotisme soviétique est le patriotisme socialiste impliquant l'attachement émotionnel et culturel du peuple soviétique à l'Union soviétique en tant que patrie. Il a également été appelé nationalisme soviétique en raison de la politique souvent assimilationniste de l'Union soviétique, bien que ce nom ait été jugé inexact par certains en raison de la dénonciation par Vladimir Lénine du nationalisme comme "réactionnaire" et d'une création "bourgeoise".
Diaspora russeLa diaspora russe est l'ensemble des populations russophones et/ou d'origine russe vivant hors des frontières de la fédération de Russie et représentant un ensemble d'environ .
LithuanizationLithuanization (or Lithuanianization) is a process of cultural assimilation, where Lithuanian culture or its language is voluntarily or forcibly adopted. The Lithuanian annexation of Ruthenian lands between the 13th and 15th centuries was accompanied by some Lithuanization. A large part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania remained Ruthenian; due to religious, linguistic and cultural dissimilarity, there was less assimilation between the ruling nobility of the pagan Lithuanians and the conquered Orthodox East Slavs.
Partition russevignette|300x300px|Les trois partitions de la République des Deux Nations. La partition russe (rouge), la partition autrichienne (verte) et la partition prussienne (bleue). La partition russe (parfois appelée Pologne russe) constituait les anciens territoires de la République des Deux Nations annexés par l'empire russe au cours des partitions de la Pologne à la fin du . L'acquisition russe englobait la plus grande partie de la population polonaise, vivant sur de terres constituant le territoire oriental et central de l'ancienne république.
