Subject(s): Government policy -- Soviet republics. -- Local government -- Challenges for minority governance in threshold of twenty first century -- Russian federation : Local self government v/s local state administration- Russia's hybrid experience, Dagestan innovates to address ethnic diversity, lessons learned from addressing tensions caused by ethic migration to Rostov, minorities, state powers and local self government in north Ossetia, local self government in republic of Tatarstan, oil elite and soviet system in new Bashkortostan stifle representative democracy, ethnic groups dispersed in Metropolitan megalopolis, compromise and innovation help Mari El address ethnic and local government issues, Adygea relies on old traditions to build new self government -- Countries outside Russia : Local self government in newly independent states, turbulent past complicates Crimea's minority relations, ethnic factors and local self government in Tajikistan, Titular population has edge in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan's innovative solutions to ethnic relations are insufficient