People's Commissariat of Nationalities
The People's Commissariat of Nationalities (Russian Народный комиссариат по делам национальностей; transcription: Narodnyj Komissariat po Delam nazionalnostej in short, НКНац or Наркомнац; transcription: NKNaz or Narkomnaz ) was an agency of the Soviet Union. It was from 1917 to 1923 responsible for issues and problems associated with the various nationalities in the Soviet Union.
History
The People's Commissariat of Nationalities is one of the popular police stations that were formed immediately after the October Revolution on the basis of the decree on the formation of the Council of People's Commissars, which by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets on October 26 (November 8 ) was adopted.
People's Commissar of Nationalities, Stalin was appointed.
The duties of the Commissariat were:
The All-Russian Congress of Soviets adopted on 15 ( 2 ) November 1917, the Declaration on the Rights of the Peoples of Russia (Note: In contrast to the German language is in Russian strictly between " Russian" and " belonging to Russia " - russländisch - distinction ). In June 1917, the All-Russian Congress of Soviets had proclaimed the right of the peoples of Russia to free self-determination. The second All-Russian Congress of Soviets decided this right of the peoples of Russia in October 1917 and explicitly confirmed. The declaration was confirmed by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars. It was published with the signatures of Lenin and Stalin. In the drafting of the Declaration Nikolai Bukharin were involved. In fulfillment of the will of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets of the Council of People's Commissars decided to observe the following principles in relation to the various nationalities in Russia in his work:
In the People's Commissariat of Nationalities of Nationalities was created by a decree of 21 April 1921. This Nationalities included representatives of all the autonomous regions of the RSFSR.
The first People's Commissar of Nationalities was Josef Stalin.