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Turkpolitprosvet (Turkestan Political Education Department), [Tashkent]

Туркполитпросвет, [Ташкент]

Turkpolitprosvet (Turkestanskiy politiko-prosvetitel'nyy komitet) was the Turkestan section of Glavpolitprosvet (Main Committee for Political Education) that directed propaganda dissemination and political education. Formed in 1921, Turkpolitprosvet managed education and political information within the Turkestan Socialist Federative Republic. The entity was multi-faceted and included departmental sections for agitation, art and education.

Sources & Citations

Gentshke L. V. (1966). Materialy po voprosam professionalʹnogo dvizheniiа. Tashkent: Izdatel'stvo Fan. (p. 30, composition and creation of Turkpolitprosvet)