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9780198297383

The Soviet Elite from Lenin to Gorbachev The Central Committee and Its Members, 1917-1991

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198297383

  • ISBN10:

    0198297386

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-05-25
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This ground-breaking book examines the Soviet ruling elite over the entire period of Communist rule. It serves as a collective biography of nearly two thousand people who served on the Communist Party's Central Committee from 1917 to 1991. The book is based on archival research, only available after the collapse of communism, and extensive interviews with former Central Committee members.

Author Biography


Evan Mawdsley is Professor of International History, University of Glasgow.
Stephen White is Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
xxi
List of Tables
xxii
List of Figures
xxiv
Revolutionaries in Power, 1917--1923
1(33)
A Revolutionary Elite
2(19)
Old Bolsheviks
21(7)
The Central Committee in Power
28(6)
Old Bolsheviks, Socialist Construction, and the Purges, 1923--1939
34(57)
The Elite from Lenin to Stalin
35(21)
Early Stalinists
56(8)
The Central Committee Devours Itself
64(27)
Stalin's New Elite, 1939--1956
91(45)
A New Elite: The Class of'38
92(25)
Stalinists
117(9)
The Central Committee in Eclipse
126(10)
Stalinist Generation, `Leninist Norms', 1956--1966
136(31)
The Elite under Khrushchev
138(7)
The Old and the New
145(8)
The Silver Age of the Central Committee
153(14)
The Elite Consolidates, 1966--1985
167(28)
A Stabilizing Elite
169(7)
Brezhnev's People
176(10)
The Central Committee under `Developed Socialism'
186(9)
Challenge and Crisis, 1985--1991
195(46)
A Changing Elite
197(13)
The Gorbachev Elite
210(9)
The Central Committee and Perstroika
219(8)
The Last Days of the Central Committee
227(14)
Elite and Society
241(34)
A Representative Elite?
242(14)
A Privileged Elite?
256(19)
An Evolving Elite
275(28)
The Elite in History
276(12)
An Enduring Elite?
288(15)
Bibliography 303(14)
Index 317

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