About the Book
First Published in 1998. This is Volume V of eight in the Sociology of the Soviet Union series. Collated in 1956, this is a collection of selected readings and documents about the development of Soviet Nationalites Policies.
Table of Contents:
Part I The First Steps in the Organization of National Administration; Chapter 1 The Establishment of the Central Authorities for the Application of the Nationalities Policy; Chapter 2 Reports of Some of the Delegations of the National Republics Attached to the People'S Commissariat for Nationalities1Excerpts from: Report of the People's Commissariat for Nationalities for 1921 (in Russian), Moscow, December 1921.; Part II Soviet Nationalities Policy under the New Economic Policy; Chapter 3 Report at the Fourth Conference of the Cc with Nationalities Officials, June 10, 1923, on the Practical Measures for Applying the Resolution on the National Question of the Twelfth Part y Congress1Sochineniya, Vol. V, pp. 313–39—slightly abridged., byJ. V.STALIN; Chapter 4 A Letter to Comrade Kaganovich and Other Members of the Politburo3Sochineniya, Vol. VIII, pp. 149-57., byJ. V.Stalin; Chapter 5 Excerpts From, byF.KHODZHAYEV (1929); Chapter 6 Excerpts From; Chapter 7 The Koshchi Union in Kazakhstan2Sovetskoye Stroitelstvo, 1929, No. 4 (slightly abridged)., byA.BOGDANOV; Chapter 8 The Land and Water Reform in the Soviet East1Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1930, No. 1 (slightly abridged)., by V.NODEL; Chapter 9 The Role of the Ethnographer in Soviet Construction in the North1Sovietskoye Stroitelstvo, 1929, No. 8 (slightly abridged)., by A.LINEVSKI; Chapter 10 Excerpts From: The Victory of the Latin Script …1Revolutsia i Ncitsionalnosti, 1930, No. 7, pp. 19-28. In the title of the article the words ‘the best monument for Comrade Agamaly-Ogly’ are added. In our translation the first two pages of the article, which represent an obituary of the leader of the latinization movement, are omitted.—R.S., by V.ALIYEV; Part III The Crisis in the Village and the Struggle for the Collectivization of Agriculture; Chapter 11 Excerpts From; Chapter 12 Revolutionary Legality Protecting the Elections in Azerbaidjan1Sovetskoye Stroitelstvo, 1929, No. 4., by N.SELIMKHANOV; Chapter 13 Clan Survivals as a Form of Class Struggle in North Ossetia1Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1933, No. 2, pp. 55–60 (slightly abridged)., by K.KULOV; Chapter 14 Excerpts From, by A.NUKHRAT; Chapter 15 Excerpts From, by A.MUKHAIDZI AND NAZAREVSKI; Chapter 16 The Practice Of Chauvinism And Local Nationalism1Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1930, No. 8 (slightly abridged)., P. RYSAKOV; Chapter 17 Excerpts From: The Struggle Against Nationalism And The Lessons Of The Ukraine1Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1934, No. 1, pp. 17–22. 181, S. D.; Part IV The Industrial and Cultural Revolution; Chapter 18 Excerpts From: The Formation Of The National Proletariat In Bashkiria1Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1933, No. 7, pp. 44–48,, V.BELITZER; Chapter 19 Excerpts From: The Books Of The Nationalities Of The Ussr During Fifteen Years1Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1932, Nos. 10–11, pp. 84–92., K. S. RYKHLEVSKI; Chapter 20 The Korenizatsiya1Korenizatsiya, in the context of this article, means the organization of the national school with a view to entrusting the teaching work to members of the indigenous population.—R.S. Of The National School2Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1933, Nov. 1.: Results Of The Investigation Of The National School, M. NADEZHDIN, M. SOLOMONOV; Chapter 21 On National Cadres1Sovetskoye Stroitelstvo, 1933, No. 7–8 (slightly abridged)., K.TOBOLOV; Chapter 22 On National Cadres Of Specialists1Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1935, No. 10. 223, B.R.; Chapter 23 On National Soviet Cadres1Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1935, No. 12., A.TELIKHANOV; Chapter 24 Look After The Fulfilment Of The Mandates From The Electors1Revolutsia i Natsionalnosti, 1934, No. 9 (slightly abridged)., L.RABINKOV; Chapter 25 COmplaints From The Working People Warn Us Of Weaknesses In The Work Of The Soviets1Revolutsia i Nationalnosti, 1934, No. 11 (slightly abridged), T.ICRUGLOV; Part V Later Developments in Soviet Nationalities Policies; Chapter 26 Excerpts From: Administrative Region- Alization Of The Ussr Completed1Planovoye Khozyaistvo,1936, No. 11., A. KURSKI; Chapter 27 Land Nationalization In The New Western Republics And Provinces1Sovetskoye Gosudarstvo i Pravo, 1940, No. 11 (slightly abridged)., PROFESSOR P.TOLSTOI; Chapter 28 Excerpts From: Everyday Life In A Karakalpak Kolkhoz Aul1Sovetskaya Etnografia, 1949, No. 2. The omissions concern mainly the description of the kolkhoz economy, so far as it is not conditioned by the specific Karakalpak setting. In the introduction (also omitted) the investigated kolkhoz is described as one of the best existing in the Karakalpak Republic.—R.S., T. A. ZHDANKO;
