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EPISODE · Jun 7, 2026 · 57 MIN

27 - Introduction to the National Question

from The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

What attitude ought socialists and communists have to the question of national self-determination? Survey says: Ask Lenin and Stalin!Sources:Natsional’ny Vopros v Nashei Programme - V. I. Lenin, published in “Iskra” 15 July 1903Kriticheskie zametki o natsional’nom voproce - V. I. Lenin, published in “Prosveshchenie”, November-December 1913Rabochii klass i natsional’ny vopros - V. I. Lenin, published in “Pravda” 10 May 1913Nuzhen li obyazatelny yazyk? - V. I. Lenin, published in “Proletarskaya Pravda” 18 January 1914O Prave Natsii Na Samoopredelenie - V. I. Lenin, 1914O Natsional’noi Gordosti Velikorossov - V. I. Lenin, published in “Sotsial-Demokrat”, 12 December 1914Revoliutsionny Proletariat i Pravo Natsii na Samoopredelenie - V. I. Lenin, 16 October 1915Marksizm i Natsional’ny Vopros, J. V. Stalin, 1906.Texts found on leninism.su and marxist.org

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