title: National Units of the Red Army in the Steppe Region and Turkestan During the Civil War
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metadata.value: Lysenko, Yuliya A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-12-27T15:10:35Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-12-27T15:10:35Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Lysenko Yu. A. National Units of the Red Army in the Steppe Region and Turkestan During the Civil War. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 4, рp. 1120– 1131.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.408
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15210
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article analyzes the process of formation of national military units of the Red Army among
  the indigenous Muslims of the Steppe Region and Turkestan during the Civil War of 1918–
  1922 on the basis of the following sources: legislative acts of the Soviet government, orders and
  reports of regional party authorities, and commanders of the Eastern and Turkestan fronts. In
  1918 and during the first half of 1919, the Bolsheviks didn’t achieve a considerable progress
  with regard to this question. The situation can be explained by a number of reasons. The
  positive dynamics of the process of forming national military units among the indigenous
  ethnic groups of the Steppe Region and Turkestan emerged in the first half of 1919 because
  of the success of the Red Army on the Eastern and Turkestan fronts. Among other important
  factors in the successful mobilization of Muslims into the Red Army were: large-scale political
  work and propaganda campaign of the Communist party of Turkestan among the Muslims,
  the creation of a Muslim faction within the party, defection of the leaders of the Alash party
  and the Basmachi movement to the Bolsheviks, the formation of the Turkestan and Kirghiz
  (Kazakh) Autonomous Soviet socialist republics. Therefore, the Bolsheviks opted for the
  ethnic, rather than confessional principle in creating military units. This tactic logically
  followed the process of nation building in the region. It took account of the interests of ethnic
  groups convinced that the presence of military units was a symbol of the national identity and
  liability for retaining public and cultural independence.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The work was carried out within the framework of the Ministry of Education and Science of the
  Russian Federation on the theme “Development of the Ethno-Religious Situation in the Transboundary
  Spaces of Altai, Kazakhstan and Mongolia in the Context of State and Faith Policy: Historical Experience
  and Current Trends” (Project No. 33.2177.2017 / 4.6).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Civil War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Red Army
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Steppe Krai
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Turkestan
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Muslim military units
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: National Units of the Red Army in the Steppe Region and Turkestan During the Civil War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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