Ethnic stacking in the Russian armed forces? Findings from a leaked dataset
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F25%3A10514970" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/25:10514970 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=APiL0GzqcN" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=APiL0GzqcN</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2025.2484150" target="_blank" >10.1080/1060586X.2025.2484150</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ethnic stacking in the Russian armed forces? Findings from a leaked dataset
Original language description
The ethnic composition of the Russian armed forces has been a source of popular speculation since the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The literature suggests that in militaries where promotions occur on non-merit characteristics - such as ethnicity - a result can be lower morale, less information sharing, weaker cohesion, and ultimately inferior battlefield performance. Although studies of the "ethnic factor" in the imperial and Soviet armies abound, scholars lack microdata on the modern Russian military. Using a leaked dataset of information on almost 120,000 Russian service members, we show how ethnic inequalities and group hierarchies were reflected in the manpower of the Russian armed forces that invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Post-Soviet Affairs
ISSN
1060-586X
e-ISSN
1938-2855
Volume of the periodical
41
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
199-218
UT code for WoS article
001455810400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105003491342