Abstract
Lenin believed that nations first emerged during the transition from feudalism to capitalism and that under Communism they would eventually fuse. Following the Revolution, however, the Bolsheviks took over an enormous country with over a hundred recognized national or ethnic groups2 at various levels of economic development. They concluded that Soviet reality demanded the creation of a federal state with fifteen national republics and many smaller divisions (autonomous republics, autonomous regions and national districts), each associated with a particular ethnic group.
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