J. V. Stalin

FOURTH CONFERENCE OF THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE OF THE R.C.P.(B.)
WITH RESPONSIBLE WORKERS OF THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICS AND REGIONS

June 9-12, 1923


Fourth Conference of the
Central Committee of the R.C.P. With
Responsible Workers of the
National Republics and Regions.
Verbatim Report

Moscow, 1923


From J. V. Stalin, Works
Foreign Languages Publishing House,
Moscow, 1953

Vol. 5, pp. 297-348.


Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo, [email protected] (May 2001)

FOURTH CONFERENCE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE
  R.C.P.(B.) WITH RESPONSIBLE WORKERS OF THE NATIONAL
  REPUBLICS AND REGIONS, June 9-12, 1923 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


 
299

1.
 
 

Draft Platform on the National Question for the Fourth
Conference, Endorsed by the Political Bureau of the
Central Committee  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


 
299


The General Line of Party Work on the National Question .  .  .  .  .  .

299


Questions Connected With the Institution of a Second Chamber of the
Central Executive Committee of the Union and With the Organisation
of the People's Commissariats of the Union of Republics
 .  .  .  .  .  .



301


Measures for Drawing Working People of the Local Population Into
Party and Soviet Affairs
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


303


Measures to Raise the Cultural Level of the Local Population .  .  .  .  .

304


Economic Construction in the National Republics and Regions From the
Standpoint of the Specific National Features of Their Manner of Life
  .  .


305


Practical Measures for the Organisation of National Military Units.  .  .

305


The Organisation of Party Educational Work .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

306


Selection of Party and Soviet Officials With a View to Implementing the
Resolution on the National Question Adopted by the Twelfth Congress
  .  .


307

2.
 
 

Rights and "Lefts" in the National Republics and Regions.
Speech on the First Item of the Conference Agenda: "The
Sultan-Galiyev Case," June 10 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


 
308

3.
 
 

Practical Measures for Implementing the Resolution on
the National Question Adopted by the Twelfth Party Con-
gress. Report on the Second Item of the Agenda, June 10 .


 
320

4.

Reply to the Discussion, June 12 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

334

5.

Reply to Speeches, June 12 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

347

NOTES




From Marx
to Mao

Stalin
Collection

Reading
Guide

Notes on
the Text
Below





From Marx to Mao

Stalin Collection

Reading Guide