On the history of the Polish national sections at party and state authorities in the South of Russia (1920s) Cover Image

К истории создания польских национальных секций при партийных и государственных органах власти на Юге России (1920-е гг.)
On the history of the Polish national sections at party and state authorities in the South of Russia (1920s)

Author(s): Viktor Akopian
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Language and Literature Studies, Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: South of Russia; North Caucasus; Polish sections; repatriation; refugees;Diaspora;

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to the creation and main activities of the Polish national sections under the party and state authorities in the South of Russia (Don and North Caucasus) in the first Soviet decade (1920s). Special attention is paid to the sections under the committees of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) – RCP (b), in 1925 renamed All-Union CP (b). In the historical literature on the history of Poles of the region, with rare exceptions, these structures did not attract the attention of researchers. This is due to the negative attitude towards their activities in regional Polish studies. The author considers that, for all the costs associated with the prevailing regime, the mere presence of the national sections in the system of power structures encouraged the authorities to take into account the problems of Diaspora groups.

  • Issue Year: 4/2019
  • Issue No: XXIV
  • Page Range: 155-172
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian