The First All Union Census of the Soviet Union took place in 1926. It was an important tool in the state-building of the USSR and provided the regime with important ethnographic information and helped in the transformation from Imperial Russian society to Soviet society. The decisions made by ethnogaphers in determining the "nationality" of individuals, whether in the Asiatic or European parts of the former Russian Empire, through the drawing up of the "List of Nationalities (Narodnosti) of the USSR", and how borders were drawn in mxed areas had a significant influense on Soviet policies. Ethnograhers, statiticians and linguists drewing up questionnaires and list of nationalities for the census, which provided crucial information which helped the Bolsheviks consolidate Soviet power even in remote villages towns and mountain regions of the Soviet Union. Like earlier European colonial empires, Soviet experts created standardised knowable categories in order to better control the varied lands and people of the Soviet Union. However they also had the more ambitious goal of deliberately transforming their identities according to the principles of Marxism-Leninism. As Anastas Mikoyan put it the Soviet Union was "creating and organising new nations (natsii)"^[1] Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = people and graphein = writing) refers to the genre of writing that presents varying degrees of qualitative and quantitative descriptions of human social phenomena, based on fieldwork. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... World map showing the location of Asia. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism; it is a branch of Marxism (and it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... Anastas Hovhannesi Mikoyan (Armenian Ô±Õ¶Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ½ Õ€Õ¸Õ¾Õ°Õ¡Õ¶Õ¶Õ¥Õ½Õ« Õ„Õ«Õ¯Õ¸ÕµÕ¡Õ¶; (November 25, 1895 [O.S. November 13] - October 21, 1978) was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the Stalin and Khrushchev years. ...

Previous Censuses

The First All Union Census of the Soviet Union followed two partial censuses carried out by the Bolsheviks folowing their seizure of power in Russia. The first, the general census of 1920, took place during the civil war and the Soviet-Polish War and was thus unable to deal with the Crimea, much of Transcaucasia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Far Eastern and Central Asian parts of the Soviet Union along with parts of Siberia and Far Northern parts of teh Soviet Union. The 1923 Census was restricted to cities. Prior to the Russian Revolution, there was a census in Imperial Russia in 1897. Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Combatants Red Army (Bolsheviks) White Army (Monarchists, SRs, Anti-Communists) Green Army (Peasants and Nationalists) Black Army (Anarchists) Commanders Leon Trotsky Mikhail Tukhachevsky Semyon Budyonny Lavr Kornilov, Alexander Kolchak, Anton Denikin, Pyotr Wrangel Alexander Antonov, Nikifor Grigoriev Nestor Makhno Strength 5,427,273 (peak) +1,000,000 Casualties 939,755... Combatants Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic Second Polish Republic Commanders Mikhail Tukhachevsky Semyon Budyonny Joseph Stalin Józef PiÅ‚sudski Edward Rydz-ÅšmigÅ‚y Strength 950,000 including reserves 5 million 360,000 including reserves 738,000 Casualties Unknown, dead estimated at 100,000 - 150,000 Unknown, dead estimated at... Motto: Процветание в единстве - Prosperity in unity Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина - Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Location of Crimea (red) on the map of Ukraine. ... Transcaucasia is the name given to a region south of the Caucasus Mountains that covers Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. ... Belarus (Belarusian: Белару́сь, Russian: Белару́сь (formerly: Белору́ссия)) is a landlocked nation of Eastern Europe with the capital Minsk. ... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ... Siberian Federal District (darker red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) arctic northeast Siberia Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia and comprising a large part of the Euro-Asian Steppe. ... {{year nav|1939 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia: The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a series of strikes and anti-government violence against Tsar Nicholas II The Russian Revolution of 1917, which included: February Revolution, which resulted in the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Methodology

By classifying the population in terms of Narodnosti (nationality) - as opposed to tribe or clan - along with policies which gave these nations land, resources and rights, experts and localelites were encoyraged to interfere with the information collecting. Coercion and deception were used to manipulate the census information on nationality to gain more resources and land, as representatives of different groups tried to swell their groups numbers, or present them as a compact mass,the better to gain territorial rights. As often as not the new census aggravated territotial disputes rather than solving them.

List of Narodnosti of the USSR for the First All Union Census of the Soviet Union

THis list is from the Tsentral'noe statisticheskoe upravlenie SSR, Progyammy i posobiia razrabotke Vsesoiuznoi perepisi nasaleniia 1926 goda vol. 7, Perechen i slovar' narodnosti, Moscow 1927^[2]

1. Russian (Great Russian)
2. Ukrainian
3. Belorussian
4. Pole
5. Czech
6. Slovak
7. Serb
8. Bulgarian
9. Latvian
10. Lithuanian
11. Latgalian
12. Zhmud (Zhmudin)
13. German
14. English
15. Swede
16. Dutch
17. Italian
18. French
19. Romanian
20. Moldavian
21. Greek (Ellino)
22. Albanian (Arnaut)
23. Jew
24. Crimean Jew
25. Mountain Jew (Dag Chufut)
26. Georgian Jew
27. Central Asian Jew (Dzhugur)
28. Karaim
29. Finn
30. Leningrad Finn (Chukhon)
31. Karelian
32. Tavas
33. Estonian (Esti)
34. Veps (Chukar, Chud, Kaivan)
35. Vod (Vot, Vad, Vad'd'alaiset)
36. Izhora (Ingrian)
37. Kven
38. Lopar (Saami)
39. Zyrian (Komi)
40. Permiak
41. Votiak (Udmurt)
42. Besermian
43. Mari (Cheremis)
44. Mordva (Moksha, Erzya, Teryukhan, Karatai)
45. Madiar (Hungarian)
46. Gagauz
47. Chuvash
48. Tartar
49. Misher (Meshcheriak)
50. Bashkir (Bashkurd)
51. Nagaibak
52. Nogai
53. Gypsy
54. Kalmyk
55. Mongol
56. Buriat
57. Sart-Kalmyk
58. Vogul (Mansi)
59. Ostiak (Khanty)
60. Ostiako-Samoed
61. Samoed (Khasava)
62. Iurak
63. Soiot (Soion, Uriankhai, Tuba)
64. Barabin (Barbara Tartar)
65. Buknaran (Bukharlyk)
66. Cherneviy Tartar (Tubalar, Tuba-Kizhi)
67. [[Altai (AAltai-Kizhi, Mountain or White Kalmyk)
68. Teleut
69. Telengit (Telengut)
70. Kumandin (Lebedin, Ku-Kohzi)
71. Shors
72. Kharagas (Tuba, Kharagaz)
73. Kizil (Kyzyl)
74. Kachin
75. Sagai
76. Koibal
77. Beltir
78. Dolgan (Dolgan-Iakut)
79. Iakut (Sakha, Urangkhai-Sakha)
80. Tungus (Ovenk, Murchen)
81. Lamut
82. Orochon
83. Goldai (Nanai)
84. Olchi (Mangun, Ulchi)
85. Negidal (Negda, Eleke Beye)
86. Orochi
87. Udegei (Ude)
88. Orok
89. Manegir
90. Samogir
91. Manchurian
92. Chukchi
93. Koriak
94. Kamchadal (Itel'men)
95. Giliak (Nivkhi)
96. Iukagir
97. Chuvan
98. Aleut
99. eskimo
100. Enisei (Ket, Enisei Ostiak)
101. Aino (Ainu, Kuchi)
102. Chinese
103. Korean
104. Japanese
105. Georgian (Cartvelian)
106. Ajar
107. Megeli (Mingrelian)
108. Laz (Chan)
109. Svan (Svanetian)
110. Abkhaz (Abkhazian)
111. Cherkess (Adegei)
112. Beskesek-Abaza (Abazin)
113. Kabardinian
114. Ubykh
115. Chechen (Nakh, Nakhchuo)
116. Ingush (Galgai, Kist)
117. Batsbi (Tsova-Tish, Batswa)
118. Maistvei
119. Lezgin
120. Tabasaran
121. Agul
122. Archi
123. Rutul (Mykhad)
124. Tsakhur
125. Khinalug
126. Dzhek (Dzhektsy)
127. Khaput (Gaputlin,Khaputlin)
128. Kryz
129. BBudukh (Budug)
130. Udin
131. Dargin
132. Kubachin (Ughbug)
133. [[Lak (Kazi-Kumukh)
134. Avar (Avartsy, Khunzal)
135. Andi (Andiitsy, Kwanaly)
136. Botlog (Buikhatli)
137. Godberi
138. Karatai
139. Akhvakh
140. Bagulal (Kvanandin)
141. Chamalal
142. Tindi (Tindal, Idera)
143. Didoi(Tsez)
144. Kvarshi
145. Kapuchin (Bezheta)
146. Khunzal (Enzebi, Nakhad)
147. Armenian
148. Khemshin
149. Arab
150. Aisor (Assyrian, Syrian, Chaldean
151. Kaitak (Karakaitak)
152. Bosha (Karachi, Armenian Gypsy)
153. Ossetian (Os)
154. Kurd
155. Iezid (yezid)
156. Talysh
157. Tar
158. Persian
159. Karachai
160. Kumyk
161. Balkar (Mountain Tartar, Malkar)
162. Karapapakh
163. Tiurk
164. Osman Turk (Osmanli)
165. Samarkand and Fergana Turk
166. Turkmen
167. Kirgiz (Kyrgyz, Kara-Kirgiz)
168. Karakalpak
169. Kipchak
170. Kashgar
171. Taranchi
172. Kazakh (Kirgiz-Kazakh, Kirgiz-Kaisak)
173. Kurama
174. Uzbek
175. Dungan (Russian: Дунгане)
176. Afghan
177. Tajik
178. Vakhan
179. Ishkashim
180. Shugnan
181. Iagnob
182. Iazgul
183. Iranian
184. Djemshid
185. Beludji
186. Berber
187. Khazara
188. Hindu (Indian)
189. Other Narodnosti
190. Narodnosti' not noted or noted inexactly

a) Tavlin

b) Kraishen

c) Teptiar

d) Uigar

e) Oirot

f) Khakass

g) Others

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