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An Uneasy Alliance: Nationalists and Bolsheviks at the Creation of Bashkortostan

Historical analysis of negotiations between Bashkir nationalists and Bolsheviks during the formation of the Bashkir ASSR (1917-1920), and of ethnic autonomy in early Soviet state-building.

Why This Matters

The Bashkir ASSR was Soviet Russia's first ethnic autonomous republic. My thesis traces negotiations between Bashkir nationalists and Bolsheviks, and how their compromises shaped nationality policy.

Details

Institution

University of Pittsburgh

Degree

Bachelor of Philosophy

Advisor

Prof. James Pickett

Length

46 pages

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