THE CONCEPT OF THE «NATIONAL QUESTION» IN THE WORKS OF LENIN BEFORE 1917

Aim. Analyze the works of the Bolsheviks leader V. I. Lenin about the «national question», written in the period 1903-1917. Analysis of the articles reveals the view of the ideologist and theorist of Bolshevism on the interdependence of the organizational structure of the party, the solution of the national question and the problems of the Russian and world revolution. At the same time, the basis of Lenin’s concept of solving the national question was the class revolutionary methodology. Methodology. The study was carried out on the principles of scientific objectivity, historicism, systematic approach, multidimensional approach based on specific historical, comparative, problem-chronological research methods. The use of these approaches made it possible to trace the reasons for clarity and consistency in promoting this concept for almost two decades, during which the strategic revolutionary goal remained unchanged and retained the tactics of solving the national issue. Results. An analysis of the views of the Bolshevik leader on the national question before February 1917 gives grounds to assert that the approach to its solution was limited to the tasks of the Russian and then the world proletarian revolution. Research implications. For the Russian state, the civilizational feature of which is its multinational character, the experience and practice of the formation and results of national policy will always be in demand. Its positive aspects and dubious projects in the past help in building a modern strategy and tactics for the formation of a multiethnic democratic state of Russia.

V. I. Lenin, Russia, Bolshevism, class struggle, the national question, revolution, the right to self-determination

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