The Leningrad party organisation during the first Five Year Plan
This is a study of the Leningrad regional party organisation during the first Five Year Plan period (1928-1932). Its membership, structure, organisation and changing role are examined in the context of economic and social change which took place during the first FYP. The main focus is on party organs below the oblast level, in particular the grass roots level of the party. This study relies heavily on an analysis of the material collected during my stay in Moscow in 1993-4 and 1996, in particular archival material collected from the Russian Centre for the Preservation and Study of Documents of Recent History (RTsKhlDNI). Party journals, newspapers, and pamphlets collected from the Lenin Library and the History Library in Moscow were also used. For Leningrad region, as for the whole of the Soviet Union, the first FYP was a period of rapid transformation. The change of economic policy, that is, the acceleration of the expansion of industry and the forced collectivisation of agriculture, not only had a significant impact on the economic structure of the region, but also set in motion a profound change in social structure. The thesis shows that social and economic change was reflected in party life at lower levels.
Kang, Yoonhee
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The Leningrad party organisation during the first Five Year Plan. This is a study of the Leningrad regional party organisation during the first Five Year Plan period (1928-1932). Its membership, structure, organisation and changing role are examined in the context of economic and social change which took place during the first FYP. The main focus is on party organs below the oblast level, in particular the grass roots level of the party. This study relies heavily on an analysis of the material collected during my stay in Moscow in 1993-4 and 1996, in particular archival material collected from the Russian Centre for the Preservation and Study of Documents of Recent History (RTsKhlDNI). Party journals, newspapers, and pamphlets collected from the Lenin Library and the History Library in Moscow were also used. For Leningrad region, as for the whole of the Soviet Union, the first FYP was a period of rapid transformation. The change of economic policy, that is, the acceleration of the expansion of industry and the forced collectivisation of agriculture, not only had a significant impact on the economic structure of the region, but also set in motion a profound change in social structure. The thesis shows that social and economic change was reflected in party life at lower levels.
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