Activities of Grassroots Party Cells in North Ossetia and Organization of Ideological Control Over Them in 1920s
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2025-14-8-460-480
Abstract
This article analyzes the experience of ideological control exercised by the party-state authorities of the North Ossetian Autonomous Region over grassroots party structures during the 1920s, the formative years of socialist construction. New archival materials are introduced into scholarly discourse. It is noted that the North Caucasus has long been one of the most administratively complex regions, requiring significant time and resources from Soviet authorities to establish their positions. The role of the propaganda and agitation apparatus of the North Ossetian Regional Committee is examined in overseeing rural and urban party cells. The article identifies errors and shortcomings made by these cells, which were often deemed undesirable to mention during the Soviet era. For instance, specific facts and materials regarding the radical measures taken against the Communist and Komsomol cells in the village of Nohir, which underwent ideological purges in 1929, are presented. The conclusion drawn is that the Soviet government paid considerable attention not only to the organization of grassroots party structures across the country but also to the substantive aspects of their work, emphasizing the political and ideological education of their members through appropriate educational and political enlightenment bodies, thereby accelerating the process of unifying the masses for a more fruitful cultural revolution in the regions.
About the Author
G. A. Zaseev
V. I. Abaev North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Studies — the Filial of the Vladikavkaz Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Georgiy A. Zaseev, junior research scientist, Department of History
Vladikavkaz
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Zaseev G.A. Activities of Grassroots Party Cells in North Ossetia and Organization of Ideological Control Over Them in 1920s. Nauchnyi dialog. 2025;14(8):460-480. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2025-14-8-460-480
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