title: Bolshevik opposition to the idea of the turkic unity (the first quarter of the twentieth century)
abstract: &nbsp; The article discusses the emergence of the idea of the unification of Turkic peoples in the early twentieth century, as well as V. Lenin’s and J. Stalin’s position on national autonomy, unification on the cultural and national basis, the issues of the nation and the ways, the stages of its realization, the fight of the Bolsheviks against Turkic unity. In addition, the article describes how, after the formation of the USSR in December 1922, the People’s Commissariat for Nationalities, head
journal: Journal of history