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Generation Of Grass-roots Party Organizations Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union, Development And Decline

Posted on:2008-09-07Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360245964671Subject:World History
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Organizations at the basic level are the foundation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Its predecessor was the party group led by the Social Democratic labor of Russia. At the 8th representative assembly of the Social Democratic labor of Russia in 1911, the party branch determined to change to the style of Bolshevik. After Bolshevik seized the political power of the Soviet in October Revolution, the members of the party increased and played a very important role in consolidating the political power of the Soviet and the struggles for building the socialist countries. In 1934, in order to improve the management of the members and bring the members into full play in the building of socialist industrializations, the Communist Party of Russia passed a new constitution and decided to make the organizations at the basic level the foundation of the Communist Party.Around the time of the founding of the Bolshevik, Lenin had suggested to build up a party with strict discipline. As the revolution situation developed rapidly, Lenin proposed the party branch as the foundation of the party, and he also gave different advice to respective branches under different situations. After the February Revolution in 1917, Lenin returned to Russia to develop revolutionary force among workers and soldiers and publicized revolutionary thoughts at the same time. As a result, the members increased amazingly in several months. In October, the party won in armed uprising. After that, Lenin raised a series of theories and opinions on the organization's construction, the role that the organizations at the basic level should play in building the socialist countries, and the relations between the organizations at the basic level, Communist Youth League, and the Labor Union and practiced the ideas himself. The revolution theory and practice were the basic theories of the construction of the organizations at the basic level of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.From the October Revolution to the middle of 1950s, the organizations at the basic level of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union played an initial role in consolidating the political power of the Soviet and the struggles for building the socialist countries. During the civil war, the communists who worked in the railway between Moscow to Kashan initiated volunteer labor on Saturdays, which gave impetus to the whole party members and citizens. Volunteer labor on Saturdays began labor contest of Soviet Union. During the socialism industrializations, the party members took part in labor contest, while the organizations at the basic level became the organizer. From the 1930s to 1980s, labor contest had been the main form, creating huge material wealth and intellectual wealth. During the defending war, the members of party in the Red Army grew, which became the main power of fighting against enemies. The organizations at the basic level played a very important role in the frontier, the producing line of the back, and the resisting movement in the enemy's rear. Both the party members and the organizations at the basic level became the power that can't be conquered to the socialist Soviet.The 20th representative assembly of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union brought great changes both to the social and political life. It was an important shift in the course of the developing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After the 20th representative assembly, the members of the Communist Party increased rapidly, the factions of the organizations at the basic level were to admit new members, to publicize the party's policies, and to act as the pioneer in the socialist construction. During the 1950s and 1960s, the organizations at the basic level were built up not only in agriculture and commercial fields, but also in the other lines of social life of the Soviet Union. The increasing members and consummate system of organizations at the basic level ensure the broad mass foundation. During this period, owing to the changes of domestic and outside situation, the construction of the organizations at the basic level of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union confronted new challenges. The challenges included: Criticizing cult of Stalin shook the thoughts of some party members; emancipating the minds and the movements of dissidents brought different voices to the party; infiltration of western thoughts; influence of religions; the conflicting between different ethnic groups; alcoholism; the increasing of divorce rate. All the things above made the works of the organizations at the basic level more complicated and urged the party to change the methods to cope with the new situation. But the rigid institutions of the Soviet Union, the low developing rate, and the conservative thoughts impeded the Communist Party to reform to cater to the new time. The modal role of the organization at the basic level faded away and became the ladder to seizing leadership.In the middle of 1980s, the Soviet Union entered the period of the reforms led by Gorbachev. Until 1989, the organizations at the basic level were still in good form, and the number of members is nearly 20 million. But the political reforms led by the Communist Party, democratic reform, open policy and new election system weakened the foundation. In 1990, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union announced to introduce multi-party system. The organizations at the basic level turned to be a political power from the pioneer of the socialist construction. The withdrawal from the Party of the main leaders, such as Yeltin and Bobov, hasten the situation of the wave of withdrawal from the Party. In 1991, the force of the party became demoralize while the organization at the basic level experienced a hard time. After the event of the 19th August, the anti-communist movement came to its peak. At last, the Communist Party was forced to stop its function. Several months later, the Soviet Union decomposed.From the October Revolution, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union became the party in power. As a nearly completed political system and the foundation of the party in power, the organizations at the basic level of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union had been rooted in all fields of social life of the Soviet Union and every ethnic group in this country. The organizations at the basic level of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union became an important political power in maintaining this huge socialist nation, which was the broadest with nearly 100 ethnic groups. The process from rise to fall of this party has showed that the cause of socialism will success if only stick to the leadership of the communist party, keep to the socialist road, adhere to the principle of democratic centralism, bring into full play of the members of the Communist Party, and help the organizations at the basic level play a role as pioneers in the socialist construction. If the party in power couldn't improve and change itself when confronting the changing situations and problems, the party will not be pioneers. Quitting the leadership of the party and socialist road, the party doomed to lose support of the mass, as a result, the communist party and the socialist cause would fail.
Keywords/Search Tags:the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, organizations at the basic level, the 20th representative assembly of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the reforms led by Gorbachev, multi-party system
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