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2.01 government discrimination
- 16, AC9
- As formalized in the 1936 constitution, the CPSU
remains the sole legally recognized source of political
activity in the Soviet Union.
- 2.02 governmental leadership
- 7 out of 7 for 1950-56, AC9
- 6 out of 6 for 1957-62, AC9
- The CPSU--as the only existing legal party--has been
the party of the government leaders of the Soviet
Union.
- 2.03 cabinet participation
- 7 out of 7 for 1950-56, AC9
- 6 out of 6 for 1957-62, AC9
- Virtually all the key positions on the Council of
Ministers, i.e., the positions of first deputy chairman,
were held by party members during the period of this
study.
- 2.04 national participation
- 6, AC9
- The CPSU is clearly national, penetrating all
sections of the USSR.
- 2.05 legislative strength
- Strength is .83 for 1950-56, AC6, and .77 for 1957-
62, AC6
- There is little hard information available about the
party composition of the Supreme Soviet, which does not
function as a legislative institution in the western
sense of the term. During our time period, the proportion
of Communists among the deputies to the Supreme Soviet of
the Union declined steadily from 86 percent to 75 percent
of the approximately 700 members, depending on the
session. (Rigby, p. 475.)
- 2.06 electoral strength
- Strength is undefined
- Elections for the Supreme Soviet were held in 1950,
1954, 1958, and 1962. Although no parties were allowed to
form to contest the candidates of the CPSU, there were
occasional non-party candidates, as reflected in the
composition of the chamber.
- 2.07 outside origin
- 11, AC9
- The party had roots in a series of secret
organizations some of which were consolidated by Lenin,
who was imprisoned in 1895 for his activities. Following
his return from exile in 1900, Lenin and others published
the paper Iskra in Geneva which was distributed illegally
in Russia. Much of the early political activity, forming
the basis of the present CPSU, was conducted abroad
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