title: SOVIET ITALIANS: AN ETHNIC COMMUNITY RESHAPED BY THE REGIME, FROM THE 1930-IES TO 2010-S
abstract: The paper considered an issue a mere blank that both the Soviet-time Russian history studies and further Russian studies ignored for a long time. Only the 1990-ies offered an opportunity to involve multiple archive records still un-covered that served for the basis for addressing an issue of national minorities of the former USSR, and Russian legacy, in order to explore evolution of ethnic minorities in the aspects of society and policy-making at different stag-es of Russian history, to avoid ob
journal: Historical and social-educational ideas