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Molotov and Soviet Government

Sovnarkom, 1930-41

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Derek Watson

    1. Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction: Government and Party before the Molotov Era

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 1-13

  3. Sovnarkom in the Rykov Era

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 14-34

  4. The Making of Molotov’s Sovnarkom

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 35-53

  5. Sovnarkom at Work

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 54-75

  6. The Institutional Development of Sovnarkom 1930–34

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 76-119

  7. The Institutional Development of Sovnarkom 1935–41

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 120-141

  8. Sovnarkom and Politics 1931–36

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 142-159

  9. Sovnarkom and Politics 1936–41

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 160-187

  10. Conclusion

    • Derek Watson
    Pages 188-192

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 194-274
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Exploring such general issues as the differing roles of the Communist Party and the State in ruling the former Soviet Union and the exercise of political power in the Stalin regime, this first western study of the chief Soviet government body during the 1930s traces the history of the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom) whilst Molotov was chairman. Sovnarkom co-ordinated the work of the commissariats (later to be called ministries) and supervised the implementation of the policies of collectivization and industrialization. It was intimately connected with the Great Purge as the heads of the secret police were commissars. Using recently available archival sources, the working of the institution and changes in its structure and membership are examined, as is the political history of the institution, including the parts played by Molotov, Ordzhonikidze, Kaganovich and other major politicians who were members during the critical decade in this development of Stalinism.

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  • Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

    Derek Watson

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