About one publication by I.Alkin in the Journal "Revolutionary East"

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of Ilias Alkin’s review of the "Collection of Tatar Literature" published in Moscow in 1931 under the editorship of P. A. Radimov. The collection became one of the first anthologies of Tatar literature translated into Russian. A prominent scientist in the field of Tatar linguistics, Galimdzhan Sharaf, contributed to the compilation of this anthology. The author of the review, I.S. Alkin, was not only an outstanding figure in the national movement of the Tatars and Bashkirs in 1917–1920, but also a well-known specialist in the field of economic geography of Central Asia. In addition, he participated in the discussion of literary issues and actively contributed to the magazine "Revolutionary East" (published by the Communist University of the Workers of the East, 1927–1938). His article, published in this magazine in 1932, is a sharp "exposure" of the ideological basis of the collection and reflects the tense atmosphere in Soviet Russia in the 1930s, when criticism and literary creativity became instruments of political struggle.

For citation: Sibgatullina A.T. About one publication by I.Alkin in the Journal "Revolutionary East". From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2025, vol.15, no.2, pp.121–129. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2025-15-2.121-129 (In Russian)