Political Apparatus

Question 1

Lenin

Answer 1

~ 1921 10th party congress; trade unions and factory committees brought under Bolsh control
~ all members of three levels of government were bolsheviks
~ top down government rubber stamping bodies
~ secret police loyal to politburo
~ nomenklatura

Question 2

Stalin

Answer 2

~ focused power in sub groups outside of party where over which he had more control
~ 1936 soviet constitution

Question 3

Khrushchev

Answer 3

~ Regular meetings of presidium and central committee resumed
~ socialist legality
~ 3 yr limit on party posts intro 1961 (destabilised)
~ 1962 agri indst divide of party

Question 4

Brezhnev

Answer 4

~ Party division dropped
~ tenure limits removed
~ trust in cadres
~ 1977 Soviet Constitution asserted primacy of Comm party Article 6
~ first among equals BUT controlled information