58. A convenient review of provincial autonomy moves before the August 1991 coup is found in Komsomolskaya pravda, 18 May 1991, pp. 4-5.

59. Aleksandr Kholod, "Tatarstan Recalls its Citizens from Trouble Spots," Krasnaya zvezda, 11 March 1993, p. 1; and Andrey Bondarenko, "Tatarstan Supreme Soviet Has Adopted Resolution Contradicting Russian President's Edict; It Also Contradicts Federal Legislation," Krasnaya zvezda, 3 December 1993, p. 3.

60. Interfax, 1016 GMT, 23 March 1992; and Postfactum, 1804 GMT, 30 March 1992.

61. Rossiyskaya gazeta, 15 January 1993, p. 1.

62. TASS International Service, 1525 GMT, 9 February 1992; and Radio Rossii Network, 1700 GMT, 19 December 1992.

63. On Chechnya's military forces, see N. Astashkin, "D. Dudayev's Military Program," Krasnaya zvezda, 28 November 1991, p. 1; N. Astashkin, "Military Camp Handed to National Guard," Krasnaya zvezda, 15 January 1992, p. 3; and Aleksandr Aleshkin, "Chechen Air Fleet," Rossiyskaya gazeta, 23 January 1992, p. 3.

64. Krasnaya zvezda, 8 July 1993, p. 1. See also Aleksandr Golts, "The Rake is the Chief Tool of Knowledge in Russia," Krasnaya zvezda, 10 July 1993, p. 2; and Ivan Ivanyuk, "The More Sovereign the Regions Become, the Worse Servicemen's Lives There Are," Krasnaya zvezda, 26 October 1993, p. 1.

65. According to the 1989 census, ethnic Russians consituted 119.9 million (81.5%) of the Russian Federation's 147 million populace. Two other Slavic nationalities (Ukrainians and Belorussians) constituted 3% and 1% respectively. Goskomstat Rossii. Rossiyskaya federatsiya v tsifrakh. 1992. (Moscow: Respublikanskiy Informatsionno-izdatelskiy Tsentr, 1992), pp. 47-51.