ISBN: 9780521222815 - lenin's government: sovnarkom 1917-1922 (soviet and east european studies) (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Condition : Good. Hard cover, no jacket. Former university library copy with associated markings. 320pp. No annotations or highlighting. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 352 pages. dj chipped, foxing edge of text, name ffepWhen Lenin and his fellow Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 they sought to scra p 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 pr e-revolutionary system of government were taken over along with former ministeri al officials. Sovnarkom was headed by Lenin and this helped to ensure its early pre-dominance. Nonetheless it was gradually overshadowed by the Party Central Co mmittee and Politburo, and the book seeks to explain why this happened and why L enin's efforts to reverse the process failed. The book throws important light on the origins of the Soviet system of government.…