“YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, THEREFORE, YOU COULD BE WRONG” Letter of G. Ya. Aitbaev to I. V. Stalin
The typewritten version of the letter of the extremely controversial figure of the Bashkir national movement G. Ya. Aitbaev to I. V. Stalin is analyzed in the article. The main content of the letter is reduced to various arguments against the creation of the Tatar-Bashkir Soviet Republic (TBSR), to the description of the contradictions between the Tatar and Bashk ir employees of the People’s Commissar iat for Nationalities.