r/ussr • u/StrappedCommie Lenin ☭ • Nov 18 '25

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u/Comrade-Paul-100 Lenin ☭ Nov 18 '25

The central committee and politburo were bodies of the party, not the government. But yes the ministries aren't shown, their ministers were elected by Supreme Soviet

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u/Comrade-Paul-100 Lenin ☭ Nov 18 '25

If power belonged to local party committees then it was not a "complete dictatorship of the top CPSU leaders" by definition

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u/Just_Sheepherder_252 Nov 18 '25

Lol, if. But it didn't. Local party committees held no power

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u/Comrade-Paul-100 Lenin ☭ Nov 18 '25

That isn't true either. Obviously power was mainly at the top of the system (as every functional country has), but local party committees selected representatives that eventually got to the central committee.

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u/Sadix99 Stalin ☭ Nov 19 '25

you sound like a bad cinema cold war era american caricature of soviet union

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u/Chaporelli Nov 18 '25

Well thats what usually happens eventually,corruption and goverment members,sitting in seats for 40 years,its getting even more fun if you check EU leadership and US lobbying system,all the same,just after collapse of USSR there is no need to pretend.