1. Russia Past Present and Future
... the Soviet Communist Party. The reforms initiated by Lenin were continued and enhanced at the benefit of the state and in time became completely totalitarian. Here is where we see a parallel of Stalin to that of a Tsar and the amount of power he controlled. Like that of a Tsar with his boyars/bureaucrats he had ultimate control over Soviet politics, economics, foreign ... halted. At this point the Soviet Union is burdened by an enormous bureaucracy. Kenez states: "Ministries proliferated, not only on the union level but also in the republics. The governmental structure became so very la...
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