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Some excerpts from The Affirmative Action Empire: Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923โ1939
(hexbear.net)
Very good book on soviet nationalities policy using archival research
This one does a good job of showing how rapidly the (centre) of the party shifted lines on nationalism
Russian opposition to affirmative action programmes was pretty strong
Nationality could be shockingly arbitrary and sudden (and often informed by politics)
Stalin begins to turn towards supporting Russians
collectivisation interacted badly with the nationalities policy
The degree of internal conflicts within the party and soviet bureaucracy was also a huge part of the book.
Ethnic cleansings going on, and there's still tons of affirmative culture programmes running. Weird contradictions
