The Bolsheviks and the national question, 1917-23
By: Jeremy Smith.
Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1945
Description: In examining the nationality policies of Lenin, Stalin and the Bolsheviks, Jeremy Smith has made extensive use of archive material previously unavailable to western researchers. This book explores the creation of a system of territorially-based national autonomy, national forms of education, recruitment of non-Russians to the communist cause and the disputes surrounding the creation of a federal multinational state - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-270) and index.
"In association with the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London."