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Marxism and the
“Nationalities Question” |
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Ethnic problems were a characteristic of the bourgeois capitalist
world |
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Under socialism social roots of interethnic antagonisms would be
eradicated |
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Nations would come together in a supranational world community |
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Creation of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
30 December 1922 |
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Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia |
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These socialist republics had joint command of the armed forces, a
single currency and joint commissariats of transport, finance,
labour and foreign trade |
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Subordinated to the central apparatus of the Russian Communist Party |
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Stalin’s Plan |
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Lenin’s Plan |
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“Autonomisation” |
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“A voluntary union of equal, independent republics” |
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Ukraine, Byelorussia, Armenia Georgia and Azerbaijan are
incorporated into Russia as autonomies |
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Republics are free to join and have the right to secede |
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