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 edit
Attached to Muskom was the Central Muslim Military Collegium (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 edit
- ^ 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