KORENIZATSIIA AS A MECHANISM OF SOVIET SOCIAL ENGINEERING: TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE OF ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE KHARKIV REGION IN THE 1920S – EARLY 1930S
Journal: Scientific notes of Taurida National V I Vernadsky University series Historical Sciences
Year: 2025

The article examines the policy of korenizatsiia as an instrument of Soviet social engineering, aimed at accelerating the modernization of society and the purposeful re-profiling of ethnic minorities.Drawing on materials from the Kharkiv region, one of the key industrial and cultural centers of the republic, the study examines the mechanisms by which the professional structures of Jewish, German, Bulgarian, and other national communities transformed in the 1920s and early 1930s.The article analy