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23 janvier 2013
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Tatarstan post-Soviet period Russian Federation sovereignty Kazan’s ethnic history nationalism Russian Muslims political ideologies cultural difference national writing Tatar national culture minority national cultures Tatar alphabet Tatar language poems lyrics History Literature Political Science Public Admin. & Development POL060000 JPASujets proches
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Helen M. Faller, « Chapter 7. Mong and the National Reproduction of Collective Sorrow », Central European University Press, ID : 10670/1.a3btye
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“Do you see this duck? It is made out of fine filigree gold. It represents a Tatar myth about the creation of the world. The duck pulled the islands that make up the earth out of the sea and that’s how the world came into existence.”Güzel, Tour guide at the Tatarstan National Museum, November 2000 The myth about the duck pulling the earth out of the sea may be understood as a metaphor for how a significant number of Tatar-speakers see their position as inhabitants of the Russian Federation. M...