Английская Википедия:Cultural backwardness
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Cultural backwardness (Шаблон:Lang-ru) was a term used by Soviet politicians and ethnographers. There were at one point officially 97 "culturally backward" nationalities in the Soviet Union.[1] Members of a "culturally backward" nationality were eligible for preferential treatment in university admissions.Шаблон:Sfnp In 1934 the Central Executive Committee declared that the term should no longer be used, however preferential treatment for certain minorities and the promotion of local nationals in the party structure through korenizatsiya continued for several more years.Шаблон:Sfnp
Characteristics
The People's Commissariat for Education listed five official characteristics of culturally backward nationalities:Шаблон:Sfnp
- An extremely low level of literacy
- An extremely low percentage of children in school
- Absence of a written script connected to a literary language
- Existence of "social vestiges" (oppression of women, racial hostility, nomadism, religious fanaticism)
- An extremely low level of national cadres
List of nationalities identified as culturally backward
In 1932 the People's Commissariat for Education published an official list of "culturally backward" nationalities:[1]
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- Abkhaz
- Adyghe
- Adjarians
- Aleut
- Assyrian
- Azerbaijanis
- Avars
- Baksan (a tribe of Balkars)Шаблон:Sfnp
- Balkars
- Bashkirs
- Besermyan
- Bulgarians
- Buryats
- Chechen
- Cherkes (Adyghe)
- Chinese
- Chud
- Chukchi
- Chuvans
- Chuvash
- Dargins
- Dolgans
- Dungans
- Eskimo
- Giliaks (Nivkhs)
- Golds (Nanai)
- Greeks
- Ingush
- Izhorians
- Kabardin
- Kaitaks (now classified as Dargins)Шаблон:Sfnp
- Kalmyks
- Kamchadals
- Karachays
- Karagasy (Tofalars)
- Kara-nogais
- Karakalpaks
- Karelians
- Kazakhs
- Kets
- Khakas
- Komi-Permyaks
- Komi-Zyrians
- Koryaks
- Koreans
- Krymchaks
- Kumandins
- Kumyks
- Kurds
- Kurd-ezid (Yazidis)
- Kyrgyz
- Laks
- Lamuts (Evens)
- Lezgins
- Lopars (Sami)
- Manegry (Evenks)
- Mari
- Moldovans
- Mongols
- Mordvins
- Nagaybak
- Negidals
- Nenets
- Nogais
- Oirats
- Oroch
- Orochen (Orochon, a tribal division of Evenks)Шаблон:Sfnp
- Ossetians
- Ostyak (Khanty)
- Persians
- Roma (Gypsies)
- Rutuls
- Samagir (Nanai)
- Shapsugs
- Shors
- Soyot
- Tabasarans
- Tajiks
- Taranchis
- Tats
- Tatars (outside of the Tatar ASSR)
- Tavgi (Nganasans)
- Teptyars (now classified as Bashkirs)Шаблон:Sfnp
- Teleuts
- Tungus (Evenks)
- Turkmen
- Tuvans
- Udege
- Udmurts
- Ulch
- Uyghurs
- Uzbeks
- Vepsians
- Voguls (Mansi)
- Votes
- Yakuts
- Yukaghir
See also
References
Works cited
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Harvp.
