The Political Institutions of Communism

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The Political Institutions of Communism

• The USSR and the Peoples Republic of China

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The Political Institutions of Communism

• The USSR and the Peoples Republic of China

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Structures
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1922 politburo

• LENIN P.M.
• KAMENEV MOSCOW
• TROTSKY in a sulk
• STALIN GEN SEC
• ZINOVIEV PETROGRAD
• RYKOV DEPUTY P.M.
• TOMSKY Trade Unions

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PRESIDIUM post-STALIN

• MALENKOV Chair. C. of M.
• Beria Min Internal Affairs
• Molotov Min For. Aff
• Voroshilov Head of State
• Khrushchev Party Secretary
• Bulganin MoD
• Kaganovich Dep CofM
• 3 other ministers

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1957 PRESIDIUM

• KHRUSHCHEV
• 8 PARTY SEC.
• USSR P.M. and Dep. P.M.
• RUSSIA P.M.
• H o S
• KAZAKHSTAN
• Ukraine
• CENTRAL CONTROL COMMISSION

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Interests/Lobbies

• Military
• Heavy industry steeleaters
• Republics
• Party machine apparatchiki
• East Europe
• China
• non-ruling parties

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Weak interests/lobbies

• Agriculture
• consumer/service industries
• intelligentsia
• diplomats
• broad party membership
• police?
• Navy pre-62

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1966 Politburo

• Brezhnev Gen Sec
• Kosygin PM
• Podgorny HoS
• 3 CC secs inc Suslov
• party control
• Ukraine
• Russia