Ebook: Moscow and the Ukraine 1918-1953: A Study of Russian Bolshevik National Policy

New York: Bookman Associates, 1956. — 310 pp.The object of this study, which originally was submitted as a doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Slavic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, is to provide a comprehensive treatment of the Russian Bolshevik nationality policy in the Ukraine from 1918 to the death of Stalin in March, 1953. This inquiry is based primarily on documentary evidence-stenographic reports of Party Congresses, Plenums of the Central Committees, resolutions, directives, government laws and decrees, and speeches and pronouncements of responsible Party and government spokesmen. This information, in turn, has been supplemented by semi-official publications and other studies pertinent to the problem. To avoid hopeless entanglement in the various versions produced by the notorious practice of "doctoring" evidence to fit the changing Party line, it was felt advisable to use the wording of many documents as they were originally reported in official newspaper and other accounts.
Though treated as one unit, this study can be said to consist of two parts. The first, and the main part, which includes Chapters I through VI, traces chronologically and analyzes the political side of the Russian Bolshevik nationality policy in the Ukraine. The second part, which includes Chapters VII through IX, plays a supporting role. Chapter VII evaluates the role of the Ukrainian economy in the economy of the USSR, and its influence on policy making. Chapter VIII treats the development of federal relations between the UkSSR and the USSR as reflected in their constitutions. Chapter IX traces the evolution of the national and social of the membership of the CPU.Contents:.
The Evolution of Theory.
Theory versus Practice.
Ukrainiization Policy.
National Deviations.
Integral Standardization.
Total Regimentation.
Economic Relations.
Federal Ties.
Composition of the CPU.
Conclusion.