Muskom
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Muskom was the Central Commissariat of Muslim affairs in Inner Russia and Siberia set up by the Bolsheviks in January 1918[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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ The Case of Sultan-Galiyev: the Marxist-Leninist Research Bureau Report No.3; (1995)
