USSR ; gov ; ext. nature party rule post stalin ; growing political stagnation 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryRussia - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ilovetheofficeCreated on: 26-04-18 10:24 by '80 what had happened to the party structures developed under stalin? so entrenched diff. 2 change even if wanted to 1 of 43 under brezhnev party leadership developed into what kind of thing? oligarchy 2 of 43 who was the most powerful oligarch? general secretary (i know, shocking) 3 of 43 brezhnev ensured promotion of his old colleagues from his time in which post where? party boss in ukraine 4 of 43 which led to others in party refering to thse people as? the 'denpropetrovsk mafia' (love how difficult that is to spell) 5 of 43 other politburo members all had own networks in party too due to? ministeries they controlled 6 of 43 who were three of the most powerful? kosygin (council of ministers) / suslov (ideology) / shelepin (KGB) 7 of 43 before '70s what did promotion usually involve the person doing? moving to another part of usse 8 of 43 to do what? gain new experience / spread new ideas 9 of 43 under brezhnev how were promotions usually made? from within ranks of local party membership 10 of 43 after spending time? in junior position 11 of 43 what did this move severely limit? innovation w/in party 12 of 43 what did this system also allow to go unnoticed esp. in more remote areas? corruption 13 of 43 what big corruption was only later exposed under gorbachev? the 'cotton affair' 14 of 43 and what happened? millions of roubles being claimed for non-existent cotton as officials f'ed wiht the figures 15 of 43 what was present in the party that is also the title of s7 e1 of the office? nepotism 16 of 43 and just for bonus fun, who is it that plays michael's nephew? evan peters (this is completely irrelevant) 17 of 43 why was soviet union becoming a 'gerontocracy'? rule was placed in hands of increasingly old geriatrics 18 of 43 membership of which group illustrated this development? central committee 19 of 43 @ stalin's last party congress what % of central committee was retained in office? 56% 20 of 43 in '76 what did this figure reach? 79% 21 of 43 and what happened to many of those not 'retained'? died of old age 22 of 43 in '84 how many politburo members were there? 11 23 of 43 out of these how many of those were over 70? 7 24 of 43 what amount of time did politburo meetings now last proving practicalities of this? around 40mins 25 of 43 what can brezhnev's increasing loss of party control be allegorised with? loss familial control 26 of 43 his daughter galina was involved in an affair with who? boris 'the gypsy' 27 of 43 who had links with what? diamond smuggling 28 of 43 who had a large file on brezhnev? andropov 29 of 43 what was his position? head KGB 30 of 43 when did brezhnev die? '82 31 of 43 so who was chosen as his successor? yrui andropov 32 of 43 what did andropov recognise need for? reform 33 of 43 what was his main concern? corruption w/in party 34 of 43 what were his attempts to effectively deal hampered by? lack charm 35 of 43 after mid-'83 what was his body reliant on? kidney dialsis machine 36 of 43 and when did he die? february '84 37 of 43 one important result of his leadership was promotion of? younger party members 38 of 43 who did andropov reccomend from this generation to be his successor> gorbachev 39 of 43 but politburo in self-preservation attempts recommended who instead? chernenko 40 of 43 what was he dying of when election? emphysema 41 of 43 what did he do? no changes 42 of 43 when did he die? march '85 43 of 43
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