ABSTRACT
Nationalism was described by V. I. Lenin as 'a broad and very deep ideological current'; while it has been used as a cloak to cover up some of history's greatest crimes, it has also inspired constructive movements. The history of a social formation may be the most relevant. The national liberation movement achieved an outstanding mixing of interethnic groups. During the armed struggle the different ethnic groups shared a common cause. They interacted. They believed in the same watchwords. They discovered collective purposes. The national liberation movement, by stimulating unity around a common objective, created the conditions for a unifying re-encounter of the various ethnic groups. As for the social and economic aspects of the national question, we must bear in mind that national integration is taken up by the majority, but guided by a class. National solidarity developed in the liberated areas, but almost exclusively in these areas.
