The multinational Soviet state created under the leadership of V. I. Lenin is the true embodiment of Lenin's ideas and principles of proletarian internationalism. In the Report of the Central Committee of the CPSU to the XXIV Party Congress, made by L. I. Brezhnev, it is stated that "the party will continue to strengthen the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, consistently implementing Lenin's course for the flourishing of socialist nations and their gradual rapprochement" 1 . An extensive literature is devoted to the formation and development of the Soviet multinational state: collective works, monographs, pamphlets, and articles by historians, lawyers ,and philosophers. 2 Many of these works were published in connection with significant dates: the 40th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution3 , the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin. The party documents and materials published in connection with these anniversaries are of great theoretical and ideological and political significance .4 All these works and documents enrich our knowledge on many issues of national-state construction in our country, comprehensively reveal the role of V. I. Lenin in developing the theoretical foundations and principles of the Soviet multinational state and in its creation. However, the problem of concrete implementation of the ideas and principles of proletarian internationalism in the Soviet multinational State still requires further study.- 1 L. I. Brezhnev. Report of the Central Committee of the CPSU to the XXIV Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Moscow, 1971, p. 95. 2 Of the major works should be noted: "History of national-state construction in the USSR". 1917-1936. Moscow, 1968; 1937-1967. Moscow, 1970; "History of the Soviet state and law". Tt. 1-2. Moscow, 1968. 3 See S. I. Yakubovskaya. Soviet historiography of the formation of the USSR. Voprosy istorii, 1962, No. 12; D. A. Chugaev. ... Читать далее