Acknowledgements The Origins of Narkomnats The First Days of Narkomnats Expansion and Consolidation Narkomnats in Sovnarkom, 1918-19 Narkomnats Reorganization and Nationality Policy During the NEP 1921-23 The Local Branches of Narkomnats, 1918-23 The Development of Soviet Cultural Policy: Language, Education, and Religion The Origins of Sultangalievism The Crisis of Soviet Nationality Policy 1922-23 Denouement: The Trial of Sultangaliev and the End of Narkomnats Epilogue: Narkomnats, the National Question, and the Rise of Stalinism Appendix: Delegates to Sultangaliev's Trial Notes Bibliographic Essay Index
A rich history based on original research about how current nationality and ethnic problems originated with the Narkomnats and Stalin as its chief.
STEPHEN BLANK, Professor of Soviet Studies and National Security Analyst at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, coedited The Soviet Military and the Future with Jacob Kipp (1993). He is also the author of War and the New Thinking: Soviet Policies in Central and Latin America (1992) and Operational Strategic Lessons of the Soviet War in Afghanistan (1991).
"Mr. Blank has performed a genuine public service in producing a
work that discusses in great detail not just the Lenin-Stalin
theory of the 'nationalities question' but the actual events, the
actors, and the institutions that constructed the USSR out of the
ruins of the Tsarist Empire. The history of the Narkomnats is
therefore the history of the creation of the Soviet Union. The
knowledge of that history is indispensable for an understanding of
the present situation on the territory of the late USSR."-Firuz
Kazemzadah Professor Emeritus Yale University
.,."In addition to contributing to scholarship on Stalin and the
1920's, the book has relevance for the 1990's. Once again Russia
and its neighbors confront the establishment of a new,
multinational, political entity, but they do so burdened by a
history that denies the validity of true self-determination.
Blank's volume provides a densely written and sobering lesson in
nationality politics that Soviet specialists will want to consider
in understanding post-Soviet affairs."-History Review of New
Books
?...In addition to contributing to scholarship on Stalin and the
1920's, the book has relevance for the 1990's. Once again Russia
and its neighbors confront the establishment of a new,
multinational, political entity, but they do so burdened by a
history that denies the validity of true self-determination.
Blank's volume provides a densely written and sobering lesson in
nationality politics that Soviet specialists will want to consider
in understanding post-Soviet affairs.?-History Review of New
Books
?This is a well-documented, systematic study. Its particular
strenth is the perceptive treatment given to the Soviet Eastern,
largely Islamic peoples in the Volga region, the Urals, Caucasus
and the Central Asian areas. It is an excellent institutional
history. It provides an excellent base upon which subsequent
studies of Soviet nationality policies can be more effectively and
perceptively conducted.?-Journal of Baltic Studies
"This is a well-documented, systematic study. Its particular
strenth is the perceptive treatment given to the Soviet Eastern,
largely Islamic peoples in the Volga region, the Urals, Caucasus
and the Central Asian areas. It is an excellent institutional
history. It provides an excellent base upon which subsequent
studies of Soviet nationality policies can be more effectively and
perceptively conducted."-Journal of Baltic Studies
..."In addition to contributing to scholarship on Stalin and the
1920's, the book has relevance for the 1990's. Once again Russia
and its neighbors confront the establishment of a new,
multinational, political entity, but they do so burdened by a
history that denies the validity of true self-determination.
Blank's volume provides a densely written and sobering lesson in
nationality politics that Soviet specialists will want to consider
in understanding post-Soviet affairs."-History Review of New Books
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