The First All-Union Turkological Congress in Secret Archival Documents

Abstract

The archival materials of the First Turkological Congress that held in Baku in 1926 are researched in the article. The top-secret documents preserved in the Archive of Social-Political Documents of the Administration of Affairs of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan are introduced into scholarly circulation for the first time. These documents reflect the preparation of the Congress, the selection of participants, organizational issues, and the mechanisms through which the Soviet authorities supervised the process.

According to the archival materials, the Turkological Congress was not only a scholarly event, but also an important means of Soviet policy. The article briefly discusses The convening of the Congress, the selection and invitation of representatives, the formation of its agenda, the supervision exercised by Moscow and Party bodies, and other related issues are shortly reflected in the article.