- Congress of the Peoples of the East
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The Congress of the Peoples of the East was held in Baku in September 1920. The congress was first planned by Mirsäyet Soltanğäliev and the National Communists. However Stalin prevented Soltanğäliev from attending the congress, fearing that he would help consolidate his wing of the communist movement.[citation needed]
It was attended by John Reed. Manabendra Nath Roy refused to go, dismissing it as 'Zinoviev’s circus’.[1] However Abani Mukherji did attend.
The statutes of ERK where drawn up during this congress.
Attendance by nationality
- Turks 235
- Persians and Farsis 192
- Armenians 157
- Russians 104
- Georgians 100
- Chechens 82
- Tajiks 61
- Kirghizes 47
- Jews 41
- Turkmens 35
- Kumyks 33
- Lesghians 25
- Ossetians 17
- Uzbeks 15
- Indians 14
- Ingushes 13
- Jamshidis 12
- Hazaras 11
- Sarts 10
- Kabardians 9
- Chinese 8
- Kurds 8
- Avars 7
- Poles 5
- Hungarians 3
- Germans 3
- Kalmucks 3
- Koreans 3
- Arabs 3
- Tekintsi 2
- Abkhazians 2
- Bashkirs 1
- Ukrainians 1
- Croats 1
- Czechs 1
- Latvians 1
- Total 1275
- Total number attending the Congress 1891
- of whom, Communists 1273
- No nationality stated 266
- Did not complete above questionnaire 100
- Total number of women delegates 55[2]
References
- ^ Sultan Galiev - a forgotten precursor Socialism and the National Question by Maxime Rodinson, accessed 16 March 2008
- ^ Composition of the Congress by Nationalities, Marxists.org
A complete index of speeches and transcripts may be found here: http://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/baku/index.htm
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