Muskom
Muskom was the Central Commissariat of Muslim affairs in Inner Russia and Siberia set up by the Bolsheviks in January 1918 as part of Narkomnats.[1] Mullanur Waxitov was appointed as chair, although he was not a member of the Communist Party. Mirsäyet Soltanğäliev served as the representative of the Bolsheviks.
An initial congress was organised in November 1918. A second congress was organised in November 1919 and was addressed by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.[2]
Central Muslim Military Collegium[]
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Mullanur Vakhitov with members of Central Muslim Military Collegium on 1 August 1918 (Vakhitov sitting on center)
Attached to Muskom was the (CMMC), which organised Muslim troops into a fighting force on the Red side. Soltanğäliev was appointed its chair in December 1918. Karim Tinchurin was the chief of the culture department.
References[]
- ^ The case of Sultan-Galiyev: the Marxist-Leninist Research Bureau Report No.3; (1995).
- ^ The Bolshevik Revolution:1917-1923 by Edward Carr, Penguin, 1950, p324
Categories:
- Soviet state institutions
- Islamic organizations based in the Soviet Union
- Islam in the Soviet Union
- Islamic organizations established in 1918