The Movement for Convening the Indochinese Congress in 1936
This article is the first attempt in Russian historiography to study the movement for convening the Indochinese Congress, that took place in 1936-1937, and according to historians of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, was comparable to revolutionary upsurge of the early 1930s. The article provides an overview of the Congress movement emergence, the social forces involved, the reaction of the metropolitan and colonial government. Special attention is paid to causes and consequences of its defeat.