Thesis Supervisor: Professor Jan T. Gross, Associate Chair, Center for European Studies, New York University ......... Contents: I.Introduction II.Legacies and Socio-Political Spectra in the 1990's - Main Political Developments (1990-2000) - Social Legacies III. Political Alternatives to the Re-Defining Moderate Elite: The (Ultra)Nationalists and the Democratic Reformers - The (Ultra)Nationalists: a readily available option for the regional nomenklatura