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Bolshevik Centralisation - Coggle Diagram
Bolshevik Centralisation
In March 1918, the Bolsheviks became the Russian Communist Party (of Bolsheviks). There was a shift towards "communism" rather than "Bolshevism" in public. This led to a process of centralisation.
The Sovnarkom
Lenin was the chairman of the government, which was called Sovnarkom (the Council of People's Commissars)
He (Lenin) was responsible for Russia's development into a brutal dictatorship, rather than into a genuinely equal socialist society.
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The Communist Party
Although the Soviets were supposed to be in charge of the regions, in reality power was completely under the control of the Communist Party.
The Soviets were eventually required to agree automatically with the decisions of the central party.
While from the outside, the communist government seemed like a democracy, in reality, the Communist Party decided everything.
When elections were help, it was only members of the Party who could stand for office. Criticism was not allowed.
The Politburo
The Central Committee was elected at the Party Congress to represent the party between congresses. The Central Committee elected the Politburo (the key policymaking committee).
The first members of the Politburo were Lenin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Trotsky, and Stalin.
From 1917 onwards, the Politburo became increasingly powerful.
The Soviet Union
In 1924, under a new constitution, Russia was reorganised into the USSR - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
There were initially four republics. The largest was the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic.
Officially, each region had voluntarily become part of the USSR. In reality, the Red Army had forced regions to join and there was no way for them to leave the USSR.
In December 1925, the Communist Part became the "All-Union Communist Party (of Bolsheviks)" in response to this change.
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