Lenin's Government: Sovnarkom 1917-1922 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 26) - Hardcover

RIGBY, T. H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521222818 ISBN 13: 9780521222815

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1979

Synopsis

RIGBY, T. H. LENIN'S GOVERNMENT: SOVNARKOM, 1917-1922 [HARDBACK]. CAMBRIDGE, 1979, xvi 320 p.,+laminas fuera texto. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

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Book Description

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.

Synopsis

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. It examines what kind of people were appointed to Sovnarkom and who chose them. It shows how elements of the pre-revolutionary system of government were taken over along with former ministerial officials. Sovnarkom was headed by Lenin and this helped to ensure its early pre-dominance. Nonetheless it was gradually overshadowed by the Party Central Committee and Politburo, and the book seeks to explain why this happened and why Lenin's efforts to reverse the process failed. The book throws important light on the origins of the Soviet system of government.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521222818
• ISBN 13: 9780521222815
• Binding: Hardcover