Mirsaid Sultan-Galiyev and the national policy towards Muslims in the USSR in the 20-30s of the twentieth century

The publication examines the views of the famous political figure Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev from the point of view of his influence on the religious policy of the Soviet government in the 1920s. An attempt was made to trace the connection between Sultan-Galiev's view of the socio-political basis of Islam, his recommendations for adjusting the religious policy of the Soviet state and the instructions of the party organs of that time. It was determined that in the first decade, the Soviet government mainly relied on the ideological groundwork of Sultan-Galiev and carried out its religious policy in accordance with this. It was also established that Sultan-Galiev was a lobbyist for a fairly soft policy towards Muslim institutions. Не was proved to act as a defender of the interests of all Muslim peoples of the USSR.