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    "ocrText": "THE SOVIET UNION\nRESTRICTE\nwith the exception of the Georgians, were proportionally\nConclusions\nat the bottom of the list. It should be remembered in this\nThe Soviet regime has raised considerably the cultural\nconnection that the Uzbeks, Tatars, Kazakhs, and others\nlevel of many formerly backward ethnic groups. A num-\nhave a much lower level of cultural and technical develop-\nber of these groups now possess political representation\nment than the Ukrainians, Belorussians, and Russians.\nin the federal government and enjoy a certain measure of\nAnother indication that the Soviet regime did not have the\nadministrative autonomy in the conduct of their local af-\ncomplete loyalty of some groups is the dissolution during\nfairs. That this policy won the allegiance of most of the\nthe war of five autonomous units The German-Volga,\npeoples of the Soviet Union was indicated during the\nKalmyk, Chechen-Ingush, and Crimean autonomous\nrecent war, although several elements of the population-\nrepublics, and the Karachaev Autonomous Oblast. The\nnotably the Ukrainians-appear to have welcomed the first\nfour last-named units were abolished during the period\nonslaught of the German invader. However, the German\n1943-45, after their liberation from German occupation\npolicy of subjugation, pursued in the Ukraine and else-\nrevealed evidence of collaboration with the enemy among\nwhere, undoubtedly did much to weaken anti-Soviet senti-\nmany of their 2,000,00 population. The German-Volg\nment in the western U. S. S. R. and induced millions of\nAutonomous Republic was abolished in September 1941,\nSoviet citizens to prefer their own regime. At present,\nbefore German occupation, indicating that the Soviet\nthere is every indication that the peoples of the U. S. R.\nprogram had failed completely to assimilate its 570,000\ngive full support to their leaders, even though coercion\npeople.\nmay play an important role in securing this allegiance.\nETHNIC GROUPS IN THE U. S. S. R.\nPredominant\nName of unit\nLocation\nChief nationalities\nMajor languages\nPredominant religion\nethnic strain\nPercent\nRussian Soviet Federated\nSoviet Europeand\nSlav\nRussian\n73. 4\nRussian\nRussian Orthodox.\nSocialist Republic.\nSiberia.\nUkranian\n7.8\nKazakh\n3.8\nTatar\n2.8\n12 Autonomous Republics:\nBashkir\nS. W. Urals\nTurco-Tatar\nBashkir\n23.5\nTurkio-Bashkirian\nIslam.\nRussian\n39.9\nTatar\n17.3\nBuryat-Mongol\nS. E. Siberia\nMongol\nBuryat\n43.8\nBuryat-Mongol\nLamaism.\nRussian\n52.7\nDagestan\nN. E. Caucasus\nJaphetic\nGortsy\n64.\nAvar\nIslam.\nRussian\n12.5\nKabardin\nCaucasus\nJaphetic\nKabardin\n60.0\nKabardian\nIslam.\nBalkarian\n16.3\nKomi\nN. W. Urals\nFinno-Ugrian\nKomi\n92.3\nZyryan\nNominally Russian Or-\nRussian\n6.1\nthodox.\nMari\nMid. Volga River\nFinno-Ugrian\nMari\n51.4\nMari\nNominally Russian Or-\nRussian\n43.6\nthodox.\nMordov\nMid. Volga Basin\nFinno-Ugrian\nMordov\n37.4\nMordova\nNominally Russian Or-\nRussian\n43.6\nthodox.\nSevero-Osetin (North\nCaucasus\nIranian\nOsetian\n84.2\nOsetian\nIslam,\nOsetiln).\nUkranian\n6.8\nRussian\n6.6\nTatar\nMid. Volga River.\nTurco-Tatar\nTatar\n50.4\nKazan-Tatar\nIslam.\nRussian\n41.8\nUdmurt\nMid. Volga Basin.\nFinno-Ugrian\nUdmurt\n52.3\nUdmurt\nNominally Russian Or-\nRussian\n43.3\nthodox.\nChuvash\nMid. Volga River\nTurco-Tatar\nChuvash\n80.0\nChuvash\nRussian Orthodox.\nRussian\n15.8\nYakut\nN. E. Siberia\nTurco-Tatar\nYakut\n81.6\nYakut\nRussian Orthodox.\nRussian\n10.4\nRESTRIOTED\n16"
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