Structure of government under Stalin Flashcards
What had the party become under Stalin?
-very hierarchical.
By the early 1930’s what percentage of the party was made up of Appararchiki (full-time paid party organisers)
-10% (educated too)
Who were the 30% ‘other’ people which made up Stalin’s government?
-educated people who were the growing middle class under Tsardom.
Who did the rest of the party consist of?
-Workers and/or peasants who operated as party activists
Who were becoming less attached to Politics and Grassroots affairs?
-party/ government officials.
When did Stalin release the new constitution?
1936.
What did the new 1936 constitution consist of?
-built on other two- the party is the ‘nucleus’ of government organisations.
-more freedom
What happened with the supreme soviet?
-met 2x a year and given opportunity to find out about government polices and give government stamp of approval.
What was the/ role of the communist party under Stalin’s structure of government?
-dominated
-dissent from party lines not tolerated
-constitution- ‘nucleus’
What happened in germs of government structure under Khrushchev?
-organisation stayed the same until 1964
How did the USSR structure of government look post-1936?
- Supreme soviet of the USSR. (two houses)
2.soveit of the union
2.5. Soviet of nationalities.(had elections*)
Who picked members of the peoples commissioners (Sovnarkom) under Stalin and Khrushchev?
-The supreme soviet of the USSR
Why did the supreme soviet of the USSR have two houses?
-To create an image that a federal government had been made.
