SOCIO-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALTAI-SAYAN REGION IN 1919–1924
Ключевые слова:
authoritarianism, revolution, civil war, military communism, repressions, new economic policy, society, state, indigenous peoples, Russia, Siberia, Altai, Shoria, Khakassia.Аннотация
The aim of the study is to analyze the socio-political development of the Altai-Sayan region in 1919–
1924.
We used methods of analysis, synthesis and comparison. We have studied the institutions of society and the
state, the situation of indigenous peoples and social groups in the Altai-Sayan highlands, the events of the civil war
and the transition to a new economic policy based on the works of historians.
The idea that the activities of the Soviet government were widely supported by the local population with
minimal resistance from the exploitative elite of the indigenous peoples of the Altai-Sayan was criticized. There are
examples of the fact that terror against the indigenous population of Altai, Khakassia and Shoria by the
representatives of the Soviet authorities, former red partisans and immigrants caused active armed resistance.
It is concluded that the policy of the Soviet government in the period under review caused strong opposition
both from the right-wing parties and right-wing forces of non-socialist orientation, as well as the local, especially
indigenous, population of the Altai-Sayan region. The weakening of the policy of "military communism", the restoration of elements of the market economy, an attempt to solve the "national issue", allowed to stabilize the sociopolitical situation in the region.
