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 Lenin and Stalin.^[2]

Central Muslim Military Collegium

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

1. ^ The case of Sultan-Galiyev: the Marxist-Leninist Research Bureau Report No.3; (1995).
2. ^ The Bolshevik Revolution:1917-1923 by Edward Carr, Penguin, 1950, p324