developments in central administration Flashcards
what was the tsarist role of council of ministers?
main lawmaking and admin body
what was the tsarist imperial council of state?
advised on legal and financial matters
what was tsarist senate?
final court of appeal on major legal matters
what was the all Russian congress of soviets in communist russia?
main lawmaking and admin body
what did the central executive committee consist under communist russia?
politburo: elite bolsheviks in charge of policy
orgburo: responsible for organising party affairs
ogburo: responsible for maintaining lad and order
what was the sovnarkom under communist russia?
council of pals commissars- commissars were ministers in charge of departments
what did N2s October manifesto abolish?
what did oct manifesto promise?
what were its duties divided between?
what did fundamental laws ensure?
the committee of ministers
promised greater representation
- state council: kept check on activity of duma
- duma: elected assembly of ppl representing a range of social groups
that this appparent move towards democracy was actually just supreme autocracy in disguise
what did Stalins 1936 constitution introduce?
what new representative bodies were introduced?
what did article 126 of Stalins constitution ensure?
significant political changes and universal suffrage
- supreme soviet of ussr: law making body
- soviet of the union: contained representatives from the whole of the ussr
- soviet of nationalities: represented regional groups
that supreme soviet was rlly communist party puppet
