Description |
1 online resource (348 pages) |
Contents |
List of Illustrations; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1. Revolutionaries in Power, 1917-1923; 2. Old Bolsheviks, Socialist Construction, and the Purges, 1923-1939; 3. Stalin's New Elite, 1939-1956; 4. Stalinist Generation, 'Leninist Norms', 1956-1966; 5. The Elite Consolidates, 1966-1985; 6. Challenge and Crisis, 1985-1991; 7. Elite and Society; 8. An Evolving Elite; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Although the product of a self-proclaimed proletarian revolution, Soviet Russia was always dominated by an elite. Basing itself upon nearly two thousand people who served on the Communist Party's Central Committee from 1917 to 1991, this is the first book to study the elite that ruled the world's largest country throughout the entire period of Soviet rule. It is also the first to make full use of the rich sources available since the collapse of Communism. The authors profile theelite as a whole and looks more closely at fifteen individual members, identifying four elite generations. The book e |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Rossiĭskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡ial-demokraticheskai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partii︠a︡. T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ komitet.
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Rossiĭskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡ial-demokraticheskai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (bolʹshevikov). T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ komitet.
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T︠S︡K RKP(b)
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T︠S︡K VKP(b)
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T︠S︡K KPSS
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Rossiĭskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡ial-demokraticheskai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (bolʹshevikov). T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ komitet |
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Rossiĭskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡ial-demokraticheskai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partii︠a︡. T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ komitet |
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T︠S︡K KPSS |
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T︠S︡K RKP(b) |
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T︠S︡K VKP(b) |
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Kommunistische Partei der Sowjetunion; Zentralkomitee -- Mitglied -- Geschichte -- 1917-1991. |
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Parti communiste de l'Union soviétique (URSS). Comité central -- 1917 / 1991. |
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Government executives -- Soviet Union
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Soviet Union
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Government executives
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Politics and government
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
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Soviet Union
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
White, Stephen
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ISBN |
9780191522857 |
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0191522856 |
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9780191599842 |
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0191599840 |
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0198297386 |
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9780198297383 |
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