# National question

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'''''National question''''' is a term used for a variety of issues related to [nationalism](/source/nationalism).  It is seen especially often in socialist thought and doctrine.
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== In socialism==
* ''Social Democracy and the National Question'' by [Vladimir Medem](/source/Vladimir_Medem) in 1904
* ''Social Democracy and the Nationalities Question'' by [Otto Bauer](/source/Otto_Bauer) in 1907
* ''[The National Question and Autonomy](/source/The_National_Question_and_Autonomy)'' by [Rosa Luxemburg](/source/Rosa_Luxemburg) in 1909<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosa Luxemburg: The National Question (1907) |url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1909/national-question/index.htm |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=www.marxists.org}}</ref>
* ''Theses on the National Question'', writings by [Vladimir Lenin](/source/Vladimir_Lenin) in 1913, first published in 1925<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lenin: Theses on the National Question |url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/jun/30.htm |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=www.marxists.org}}</ref>
* ''The Problem of Nationalities'', Chapter 39 of [Leon Trotsky](/source/Leon_Trotsky)'s ''History of the Russia Revolution Volume 3: The Triumph of the Soviets''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leon Trotsky: The History of the Russian Revolution (3.39 The Problem of Nationalities) |url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1930/hrr/ch39.htm |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=www.marxists.org}}</ref>
* ''[Marxism and the National Question](/source/Marxism_and_the_National_Question)'', a 1913 pamphlet by [Joseph Stalin](/source/Joseph_Stalin) on the definition and roles of nations within Marxism
* ''[Zur nationalen Frage in Österreich](/source/Alfred_Klahr)'', a 1937 articles by [Alfred Klahr](/source/Alfred_Klahr) on Austria
* ''On the Question of Nationalities in Ethiopia'' by [Wallelign Mekonnen](/source/Wallelign_Mekonnen) in 1969

== Other national questions ==
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* [Adriatic question](/source/Adriatic_question)
* [Albanian question](/source/Albanian_question)
* [Armenian question](/source/Armenian_question)
* [Aromanian question](/source/Aromanian_question)
* [Bessarabian question](/source/Bessarabian_question)
* [Croatian question](/source/Croatian_question)
* [Cyprus question](/source/Cyprus_question)
* [Eastern question](/source/Eastern_question)
** [Greek Project](/source/Greek_Project)
** [Thracian question](/source/Thracian_question)
* [German question](/source/German_question)
* [Irish question](/source/Irish_question)
* [Jewish question](/source/Jewish_question)
* [Kaliningrad question](/source/Kaliningrad_question)
* [Karelian question](/source/Karelian_question)
* [Kurdish question](/source/Kurdish_question)
** [Mosul question](/source/Mosul_question)
* [Macedonian question](/source/Macedonian_question)
* [Montenegrin question](/source/Montenegrin_question)
* [Palestinian question](/source/Palestinian_question_(disambiguation))
* [Polish question](/source/Polish_question)
* [Quebec national question](/source/National_question_(Quebec))
* [Roman question](/source/Roman_question)
* [Schleswig-Holstein question](/source/Schleswig-Holstein_question)
* [Serbian question](/source/Serbian_question)
* [Taiwan question](/source/Political_status_of_Taiwan)
* Ukrainian question, see [Little Russia](/source/Little_Russia) and [Russification of Ukraine](/source/Russification_of_Ukraine)
* [Wendish question](/source/Wendish_question)
* [West Lothian question](/source/West_Lothian_question)
* "Question of [Western Sahara](/source/Western_Sahara)", the title of two United Nations resolutions:
** [United Nations General Assembly Resolution 34/37](/source/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_34%2F37)
** [United Nations General Assembly Resolution 40/50](/source/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_40%2F50)
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== See also ==
* [National liberation (Marxism)](/source/National_liberation_(Marxism))
* [Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question](/source/Occasional_Discourse_on_the_Negro_Question)
* [Self-determination](/source/Self-determination)
* [The Race Question](/source/The_Race_Question)
* [Wars of national liberation](/source/Wars_of_national_liberation)

== References ==
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==Further reading==
* Case, Holly. ''The Age of Questions'' (Princeton University Press, 2018)  [https://www.amazon.com/Age-Questions-Aggregate-American-Tuberculosis/dp/0691131155/ excerpt]

== External links ==
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* [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/subject/nation/index.htm Lenin on the National Question] Archive at [marxists.org](/source/marxists.org)

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