Narkom natsionalnostei

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Narkom natsionalnostei was the Soviet government post and commissariat responsible for managing the nationalities policy and ethnic affairs of the early USSR, notably headed by Vladimir Lenin and later Joseph Stalin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf People's Commissariat
Soviet government ministry
appliesToEthnicGroup ethnic minorities in the RSFSR
non-Russian nationalities of the former Russian Empire
appliesToJurisdiction Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Soviet Union
country Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Soviet Union
dissolved 1920s
field ethnic affairs
minority rights administration
nationalities policy
followedBy People's Commissar for Nationalities
surface form: Soviet nationalities departments
follows Imperial Russian nationality policy structures
governmentBranch executive branch
hasEffect centralization of control over nationalities policy
institutionalization of Soviet ethnic administration
hasJurisdictionOver autonomous regions
ethnic territories within the RSFSR
national districts
hasObjective implementation of Bolshevik nationalities policy
integration of diverse ethnic groups into the Soviet state
hasRole administration of ethnic affairs
coordination of relations with non-Russian peoples
management of nationalities policy
headOfGovernmentBody Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
inception 1917
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Moscow
nativeLabel People's Commissar for Nationalities
surface form: Народный комиссариат по делам национальностей
notableOfficeholder Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
partOf Council of People's Commissars
Soviet government
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism
shortName People's Commissar for Nationalities
surface form: Narkomnats
significantEvent appointment of Joseph Stalin as People's Commissar for Nationalities
formulation of early Soviet korenizatsiya policies
subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR

Council of People's Commissars
surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
timePeriod early Soviet period

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People's Commissar for Nationalities alsoKnownAs Narkom natsionalnostei
People's Commissar for Nationalities alsoKnownAs Narkom natsionalnostei
this entity surface form: Narkomnats