Researcher ORCID Identifier
Graduation Year
2026
Date of Submission
4-2026
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Reader 1
Konstantine Klioutchkine
Reader 2
Anne Dwyer
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Abstract
How does a nation define its identity: by language, ethnicity, religion, culture, politics—and in which combination? Tatarstan, an indigenous nation at the geographical center of the Russian Federation, develops its own set of answers. Counterintuitively in today’s multi-media world, it is theater that leads the Tatars to articulate who they are—and Tatar answers may surprise the nations we know far better.
Recommended Citation
Salikhzyanova, Aliya, "What Phoenix Rising from the Ashes?: Tatars Play National Identity" (2026). CMC Senior Theses. 4058.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/4058
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
