People's Commissar for Nationalities

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The People's Commissar for Nationalities was a Soviet government post responsible for managing the affairs and policies related to the diverse ethnic and national groups within the early Soviet state.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet government position
government office
ministerial post
alsoKnownAs Narkom natsionalnostei
Narkomnats
appliesToJurisdiction early Soviet state
appointedBy Council of People's Commissars
country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
dissolved 1923
fieldOfWork ethnic affairs administration
nationalities policy
state nationalities management
firstHolder Joseph Stalin
hasDomain autonomous republics and regions within Soviet Russia
ethnic minorities in the Soviet state
non-Russian nationalities of the former Russian Empire
hasDuties coordination of relations between central authorities and non-Russian regions
development of nationalities policy
implementation of korenizatsiya policies
management of affairs of ethnic and national groups
mediation of interethnic conflicts within the Soviet state
oversight of minority rights in the Soviet state
promotion of cultural and linguistic autonomy for national minorities
propaganda among non-Russian nationalities in favor of Soviet power
supervision of national soviets and national sections
historicalPeriod Russian Civil War
Russian Revolution
early Soviet era
inception 1917
languageOfWork Russian
legalForm people's commissariat
location Moscow
notableOfficeholder Joseph Stalin
officeholderEndTime Joseph Stalin 1923
officeholderStartTime Joseph Stalin 1917
partOf Council of People's Commissars
Soviet government
politicalIdeology Bolshevism
Marxism–Leninism
replacedBy People's Commissariat of Nationalities of the RSFSR (Narkomnats)
residence Moscow
subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
head of government of Soviet Russia
usedFor creation of national-territorial autonomies
integration of non-Russian territories into Soviet state structures
organization of national military units and formations

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Narkom natsionalnostei ("Soviet nationalities departments")
followedBy
People's Commissar for Nationalities ("people's commissariat")
legalForm
Narkom natsionalnostei ("Народный комиссариат по делам национальностей")
nativeLabel
Joseph Stalin
positionHeld
People's Commissar for Nationalities ("People's Commissariat of Nationalities of the RSFSR (Narkomnats)")
replacedBy
Narkom natsionalnostei ("Narkomnats")
shortName

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