NOG -Structure of central government

pink -A2

red - A3

orange - N2

yellow - PG

green - Lenin

l blue - Stalin

d blue - Khrushchev

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  • Structure of central government overview
    • Under Alexander II, all government institutions were answerable to the Tsar.
      • (including Council of Ministers, Council ofState, Senate & Supreme Court)
    • Alexander II introduces zemstvo but of little impact.
    • Under Alexander III, Land captains introduced to keep control over zemstvos.
    • Introduction of Duma in 1905 radical
      • but Nicholas II introduce Fundamental Laws in 1906to re-state autocratic style of rule.
    • Nicholas II disbanded first 2 dumas with ease,
      • later dumas very conservative
    • Provisional Government – the ‘Old Guard’ is being limited by the Petrograd Soviet in a‘dual authority’.
      • They are offering a democratic future with the Constituent Assembly, butis too short lived to be realised.
    • Lenin governs through the use of Sovnarkom
      • which is accountable to Central ExecutiveCommittee, which Lenin dominates.
    • Civil War forces greater centralisation of power.
    • Stalin continues to centralise power, though 1936 Constitution gives theoretical power tominorities.
      • Very bureaucratic system of government developed (nomenklatura = ‘yesmen’)
    • Khrushchev ‘de-Stalinises’ & emphasises a ‘collective leadership’
      • however retains overallcontrol and central government is fairly unchanged.

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