Chapter 14 (3)

Question 1

Nomenklatura

Answer 1

A category of people who held key administrative positions in areas such as government, industry, agriculture and education, and whose positions were granted only with approval of the communist party in the region

Question 2

Democratic centralism

Answer 2

Communist idea of democracy. Because the workers voted for their local Soviets however it’s combined with centralism because the central authorities passed decisions down to the masses

Question 3

Apparat

Answer 3

The party apparatus or administrative system; those who worked in this area were known as apparatchiki

Question 4

Party Congress

Answer 4

Stalins growth in power coincided with the decrease in frequency of the party Congress