Early independence victories in some republics encouraged broader bids that turned violent

Evidence

Setting his catalogs beside his own deep knowledge of Soviet politics, Beissinger was able to show how initial demands for internal reforms of the Soviet Union gave way to bids for regional autonomy and independence, by no means all of them successful. Early successes of demands for independence in such places as Estonia and Latvia encouraged further demands across a wide range of republics, which resulted in increasing violence as unsuccessful claimants faced competition and repression. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1253

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1253
• XREF: connects to: Independence produced three rival governments and near-civil war among the victors — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1632; Spectacular violence can compel adversaries to negotiate on the imperial power’s terms; Exploitative colonial systems routinely produce nationalist independence movements — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2198

Broader Connections

• Independence produced three rival governments and near-civil war among the victors #expands (0.78) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1632
• Exploitative colonial systems routinely produce nationalist independence movements #expands (0.74) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2198
• Spectacular violence can compel adversaries to negotiate on the imperial power’s terms #expands (0.71)