ABSTRACT
The Soviet Union is no exception. The treatment of non-Slavs in the military is part of a much larger policy designed to assure Russian domination at all levels of Soviet society. The military-related problems described in this study are unlikely to be solved or ameliorated without a more comprehensive reevaluation and change in Soviet nationality policy in general. Soviet military and nonmilitary authorities face a formidable challenge in the coming years as they attempt to integrate non-Slavic personnel into military positions of combat and technological responsibility to compensate for the dropoff in the numbers of available Slavic personnel. The current patterns of treatment of non-Slavic Soviet soldiers are not products, but rather reflect Soviet historical experience and regime objectives; thus they are unlikely to change quickly. The attitudes of non-Slavic servicemen toward service in the Soviet Army are even less likely to undergo a radical change in the short term.
