Lenin''s Government - Sovnarkom 1917-1922

Klappentext This book attempts a detailed account of Lenin and his fellow Bolsheviks their efforts to create a socialist 'cabinet' (Sovnarkom). Zusammenfassung When Lenin and his fellow Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 they sought to scrap the existing structures of government and substitute new ones based on Marxist principles. This book attempts a detailed account of their efforts to create a socialist 'cabinet' (Sovnarkom)! to elaborate effective machinery and methods of operation! and to use it to govern the country. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Smolny: Sovnarkom Takes Shape: 1. The origins of Sovnarkom; 2. 'The first proletarian government'; 3. Sovnarkom takes over; 4. Acquiring a bureaucracy; Part II. The Kremlin: Sovnarkom in Action: 5. The move to Moscow; 6. Sovnarkom in session; 7. 'The minute hand'; 8. Sovnarkom's alter ego; Part III. Of Men and Institutions: 9. The system and the chief; 10. The people's commissars: recruitment; 11. The people's commissars: personal background; 12. Government, soviets and party; 13. Props for an ailing chairman; 14. The last months; 15 Some historical reflections.

Product details

• Authors: T. H. Rigby
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2008
• EAN: 9780521067560
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06756-0
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration