CONTENTS
Introduction = 1
PART Ⅰ: THE FIRST STEPS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
1 The Establishment of the Central Authorities for the Application of the Nationalities Policy = 33
2 Reports of some of the Delegations of the National Republics attached to the People's Commissariat = 43
PART Ⅱ: SOVIET NATIONALITIES POLICY UNDER THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY
3 Stalin's Report and Concluding Remarks at the Fourth Conference of the C. C. with Representatives from the National Republics and Regions on the Application of the Resolution of the XIIth Party Congress on the National Question = 61
4 Stalin's Letter to Kaganovich and other Politburo Members on the Ukrainian Question (April 26, 1926) = 78
5 Excerpts from F. Khodzhayev's article: On the Revision of the Statutes on the Budget Rights of the Union and the Union Republics = 82
6 From the Proceedings of the All-Union Conference on the Re-elections to the Soviets in 1929 = 86
7 A. Bogdanov: The Koshchi Union in Kazakhstan = 90
8 V. Nodel: The Land and Water Reform in the Soviet East = 101
9 A. Linevski: The Role of the Ethnogr4pher in Soviet Construction in the North = 109
10 Excerpts from V. Aliyev's article: The Victory of the Latin Script = 123
PART Ⅲ: THE CRISIS IN THE VILLAGE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE COLLECTIVIZATION OF AGRICULTURE
11 I. Sviridov: The Class Struggle in the Azerbaidjan Village = 131
12 N. Selimkbanov: Revolutionary Legality protecting the Elections in Azerbaidjan = 140
13 K. Kulov: Clan Survivals as a Form of Class Struggle in North Ossetia = 144
14 Excerpts from A. Nukhrat's article: Kolkhoz Women of Tataria = 152
15 Excerpts from Muhaidzi's and Nazarevski's article: Settling the Nomads in Kirghizia = 158
16 P. Rysakov: The Practice, of Chauvinism and Local Nationalism = 171
17 Excerpts from S. D.'s article: The Struggle against Nationalism and the Lessons of the Ukraine = 181
PART Ⅳ: THE INDUSTRIAL AND CULTURAL REVOLUTION
18 Excerpts from V. Belitzer's article: The Formation of the National Proletariat in Bashkiria = 189
19 Excerpts from K. S. Rykhlevski's article: The Books of the Nationalities of the USSR during Fifteen Years = 197
20 M. Nadezhdin and M. Solomonov: How the National School is made Indigenous: Results of an Investigation =204
21 K. Tobolov: On National Cadres = 212
22 D. R.: On National Cadres of Specialists = 223
23 A. Telikhanov: On National Soviet Cadres = 228
24 L. Rabinkov. Look after the Fulfilment of the Mandates of the Electors = 235
25 T. Kruglov: Complaints from the Working PeopIe (Materials from Kalinin's Secretariat) = 242
PART Ⅴ: LATER DEVELOPMENTS IN SOVIET NATIONALITIES POLICIES
26 Excerpts from A. Kurski's article: Administrative Regionalization of the USSR Completed = 249
27 P. Tolstoi: Land Nationalization in the New Western Republics and Provinces = 262
28 Excerpts from T. A. Zhdanko's article: Everyday Life in a Karakalpak Kolkhoz Aul = 280
Index = 295