Analysis Of The Gorbachev Period Of Soviet Communist Party Within The Party Disputes

The disputes in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPS for short)in the Gorbachev years resulted from the reform of CPS. In March 1985, Gorbachev took over the power as General Secretary of CPS. To overcome the malpractice of the traditional party building model, and be suitable to the reform of economic system, the reform of CPS was gradually developed. Especially during the period from February Plenary Meeting of CPS in 1990 to the 28th National Congress of CPS in July 1990, in the CPS, particularly in the leadership, there were different opinions on some major issues such as the basic principles of the party building, some of which were even acutely opposite to each other; therefore, a drastic dispute took place in CPS. Though this inner-party dispute did not last very long, it resulted in the puzzling headedness in CPS and the split of the organization, which finally led to the corner of disintegration of CPS.This paper sticks to the dialectical materialism and historical materialism, adopts the method of comparison study and tries to explain the inner-party disputes of CPS in the Gorbachev years. This paper is consisted of three parts:Firstly discussed were the causes of the inner-party disputes in CPS in the Gorbachev years. This part analyzes the causes of the inner-party disputes in CPS in the Gorbachev years from three aspects: the different attitudes and standpoints in CPS on the reform of CPS; the penetration and influences of the various western trends of social thoughts; the divarications on why the Communist Parties in the East-European countries failed their regimes and transformed to be Social Democratic Parties.Secondly put forward were the focuses of the inner-party disputes in CPS in the Gorbachev years. From our aspects, namely, analyzed is the nature of the Party, the guiding ideology of the Party, the organizational principles of the Party and the struggling goal of the Party, and the phenomena of the inner-party disputes in CPS in the Gorbachev years.Thirdly discussed were the influences and revelations of the inner-party disputes in CPS in the Gorbachev years. This part explains mainly the influences of the inner-party disputes in CPS in the Gorbachev years from two aspects, the puzzling headedness and the paralysis of the organization; so, the revelations of the inner-party disputes in CPS in the Gorbachev years to the other parties are to eliminate any dispute in the party and maintain the solidarity and unification of the party.