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The Political Institutions of Communism. The USSR and the Peoples Republic of China. The Political Institutions of Communism. The USSR and the Peoples Republic of China. Structures. 1922 politburo. LENIN P.M. KAMENEV MOSCOW TROTSKY in a sulk STALIN GEN SEC
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The Political Institutions of Communism The USSR and the Peoples Republic of China
The Political Institutions of Communism The USSR and the Peoples Republic of China
1922politburo • LENIN P.M. • KAMENEV MOSCOW • TROTSKY in a sulk • STALIN GEN SEC • ZINOVIEV PETROGRAD • RYKOV DEPUTY P.M. • TOMSKY Trade Unions
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
1957 PRESIDIUM • KHRUSHCHEV • 8 PARTY SEC. • USSR P.M. and Dep. P.M. • RUSSIA P.M. • H o S • KAZAKHSTAN • Ukraine • CENTRAL CONTROL COMMISSION
Interests/Lobbies • Military • Heavy industry [“steeleaters”] • Republics • Party machine [apparatchiki] • East Europe • China • non-ruling parties
Weak interests/lobbies • Agriculture • consumer/service industries • intelligentsia • diplomats • broad party membership • police? • Navy pre-62
1966 Politburo • Brezhnev Gen Sec • Kosygin PM • Podgorny HoS • 3 CC secs [inc Suslov] • party control • Ukraine • Russia