2020, vol. 8, no. 1. Gallyamova A.G., Kabirova A.Sh., Khanipova I.I.

2020, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 185-199

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2020-8-1.185-199

   THE DECREE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
OF THE ALL-UNION COMMUNIST PARTY OF BOLSHEVIKS
IN AUGUST 1944 AND THE TATAR INTELLIGENTSIA

A.G. Gallyamova 1a, A.Sh. Kabirova 1b, I.I. Khanipova 1c
1 Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
Kazan, Russian Federation
a alfiya1955@gmail.com, b aikabirova@mail.ru, c ihanipova@mail.ru

Abstract: Research objectives: To analyze the reasons for the promulgation of the Decree of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks of August 9, 1944, “On the Status and Measures of Improving Mass-Political and Ideological Work of the Tatar Party Organization”, and determine its impact on the activities of the Tatar creative and humanitarian intelligentsia in the second half of the 1940s and early 1950s.
Research materials: Documentary sources from federal and regional archives, along with specialized studies.
Results and novelty of the research: The authors believe that the adoption of the 1944 Decree should be considered in the context of changes in the general political situation in the country associated with the strengthening of the dictatorship of the state and the destruction of liberal ideological trends at the end of World War II. The promotion of the national spirit, necessary for the survival of the state in military conditions, lost its relevance and gave way to great-power sentiments. The Decree was used as a “whip” against the national intelligentsia, but it did not stop the development of humanitarian thought. Many creative figures recognized the ideological framework only externally, while in reality, they often went far beyond it and continued to work actively in the study of ethnic history and culture.

Кеywords: national policy, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet culture, history of the Tatars, Golden Horde, censor, Decree of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks on August 9, 1944

For citation: Gallyamova A.G., Kabirova A.Sh., Khanipova I.I. The Decree of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks in August 1944 and the Tatar Intelligentsia. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2020, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 185–199. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2020-8-1.185-199

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About the authors: Alfiya G. Gallyamova – Dr. Sci. (History), Associate Professor, Leading Research Fellow of the Department of Contemporary History, Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7A, Baturin Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0003-4344-902X. E-mail: alfiya1955@gmail.com

Aislu Sh. Kabirova – Dr. Sci. (History), Associate Professor, Leading Research Fellow of the Department of Contemporary History, Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7A, Baturin Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0002-7173-0874. E-mail: aikabirova@mail.ru

Ilnara I. Khanipova – Cand. Sci. (History), Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Contemporary History, Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7A, Baturin Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0001-7585-8069. E-mail: ihanipova@mail.ru

Received   January 10, 2020   Accepted for publication  March 2, 2020
Published Online March 29, 2020