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German A. A. The policy of “indigenization” in the autonomous republics of RSFSR during the 1920s (based on the materials of Autonomous Republic of the Volga Germans). Izvestiya of Saratov University. History. International Relations, 2013, vol. 13, iss. 4, pp. 94-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1819-4907-2013-13-4-94-97

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Regional History and Local Studies
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[947+957]
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Russian

The policy of “indigenization” in the autonomous republics of RSFSR during the 1920s (based on the materials of Autonomous Republic of the Volga Germans)

Authors: 
German Arkady A., Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya St., Saratov 410012, Russia, a.a.german@mail.ru
Abstract

The article highlights the process of “indigenization” as an element of Soviet national policy. The research has been conducted on the example of Autonomous Republic of the Volga Germans. The “indigenization” was an element of Soviet national policy in 1920s, accomplished in all the nation-state formations of the USSR both Union and autonomous. The “indigenization” was supposed to consolidate the position of “titular” nation, but also caused a whole new set of problems in interethnic relations.

Key words: 
national policy, “indigenization”, interethnic relations, the 1920s, national language
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.18500/1819-4907-2013-13-4-94-97
References

Герман А. А. Немецкая автономия на Волге. 1918 – 1941. М., 2007. С. 163 – 247.

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