«…Свои домогательства выше интересов Родины…». Опыт политической консолидации северокавказцев в эмиграции в 1920–1930-х годах
…Their Welfare is Higher than the Interests of the Homeland…”. The Experience of Political Consolidation of North Caucasians in Emigration in the 1920s–1930s

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to study of political parties and groups of North Caucasian emigrants in the 1920s–1930s, which want to create the independence state in the North Caucasus (Foreign Delegation of the Mountain Republic, People’s Party of the Caucasus Mountain People, Federalist Party of the North Caucasus, Paris National Rally, National Democratic Party, Kabardino-Balkarian Party of Caucasian Confederalists). This article was prepared on the basis of two types of sources: archival materials that were found in the archives of Russia (Russian State Military Archive) and France (private archives), as well as materials published in the 1920s–1930s in emigrant magazines. The author studied the reasons of conflicts between these parties (political rivalry, redistribution of power, differences in political views and methods of work, personal ambitions, individualism, the level of the political self-awareness). Methods of political consolidation of North Caucasians in European emigration are considered. The author came to the conclusion: in the 1920s–1930s, there was the low level of the political consciousness and self-awareness, the formation of a new corps of political leaders, the formation of the foundations of their work, views, etc., took place. Peculiarities of psychology also played a significant role in this process and the character of the North Caucasian peoples. Nevertheless, the political life of the of North Caucasian emigrants in the 1920s–1930s contributed to the development of political thought, political consciousness of representatives of the North Caucasian elite.

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