National question explained

National question is a term used for a variety of issues related to nationalism. It is seen especially often in socialist thought and doctrine.

In socialism

• Social Democracy and the National Question by Vladimir Medem in 1904
• Social Democracy and the Nationalities Question by Otto Bauer in 1907
• The National Question and Autonomy by Rosa Luxemburg in 1909^[1]
• Theses on the National Question, writings by Vladimir Lenin in 1913, first published in 1925^[2]
• The Problem of Nationalities, Chapter 39 of Leon Trotsky's History of the Russia Revolution Volume 3: The Triumph of the Soviets^[3]
• Marxism and the National Question, a 1913 pamphlet by Joseph Stalin on the definition and roles of nations within Marxism
• Zur nationalen Frage in Österreich, a 1937 articles by Alfred Klahr on Austria
• On the Question of Nationalities in Ethiopia by Wallelign Mekonnen in 1969

Other national questions

• Adriatic question
• Albanian question
• Armenian question
• Aromanian question
• Bessarabian question
• Croatian question
• Cyprus question
• Eastern question
  • Greek Project
  • Thracian question
• German question
• Irish question
• Jewish question
• Kaliningrad question
• Karelian question
• Kurdish question
  • Mosul question
• Macedonian question
• Montenegrin question
• Palestinian question
• Polish question
• Quebec national question
• Roman question
• Schleswig-Holstein question
• Serbian question
• Taiwan question
• Ukrainian question, see Little Russia and Russification of Ukraine
• Wendish question
• West Lothian question
• "Question of Western Sahara", the title of two United Nations resolutions:
  • United Nations General Assembly Resolution 34/37
  • United Nations General Assembly Resolution 40/50

See also

• National liberation (Marxism)
• Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question
• Self-determination
• The Race Question
• Wars of national liberation

Further reading

• Case, Holly. The Age of Questions (Princeton University Press, 2018) excerpt

External links

• Lenin on the National Question Archive at marxists.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rosa Luxemburg: The National Question (1907) . 2026-02-20 . www.marxists.org.
2. Web site: Lenin: Theses on the National Question . 2026-02-20 . www.marxists.org.
3. Web site: Leon Trotsky: The History of the Russian Revolution (3.39 The Problem of Nationalities) . 2026-02-20 . www.marxists.org.