Muskom

Muskom was the Central Commissariat of Muslim affairs in Inner Russia and Siberia set up by the Bolsheviks in January 1918 as part of Narkomnats.^[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.

An initial congress was organised in November 1918. A second congress was organised in November 1919 and was addressed by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.^[2]

Central Muslim Military Collegium

Mullanur Vakhitov with members of Central Muslim Military Collegium on 1 August 1918 (Vakhitov sitting on center)

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.

References

1. The case of Sultan-Galiyev: the Marxist-Leninist Research Bureau Report No.3; (1995).
2. The Bolshevik Revolution:1917-1923 by Edward Carr, Penguin, 1950, p324