Question
In which region was the nationalist dissatisfaction with the Soviet Union strongest and why?
Solution
Nationalist dissatisfaction with the Soviet Union was strongest in the more 'Europeanised' and prosperous region in Russia and the Baltic areas as well as Ukraine and Georgia.
The reason was that people felt alienated from the central Asians and from each. They felt that they were paying a high price to keep the more backward areas within the Soviet Union.