Cadre management in the Soviet Union

In modern Russian, the word "cadre" is synonymous with the term human resources.^[a] In the history of the Soviet Union and the history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, particular emphasis was placed on the assignment of the managerial cadre known as upravlentsy (управленцы) in Soviet parlance,^[2] who, with the exception of the lower levels of bureaucracy, were supposed to be the members of the Communist Party, and the management of the cadre of the Party itself. Over time this evolved into the system of nomenklatura encompassing managerial positions in the whole state.^[3]

Cadre of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Over time, the cadre of the Russian Communist Party and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were managed by special departments: Uchraspred of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (1919-1924), Orgraspred, Orgburo, and Sekretariat.

Bureaucracy in other spheres

During the initial period of the formation of the Soviet State, the governmental bureaucracy was not predominantly Bolshevik. Moreover, in the state declared to be based on the dictature of the proletariat, only 2.4% of the staff of central state agencies were former workers in 1922.^[4]

Notes

^ For example, the common Russian term "cadre department" is synonymous to "human resources department"

References

^ Stalin's 1935 speech, in which the expression "Кадры решают все!" originated
^ Гимпельсон Е. Г. Советские управленцы. 20-е годы, рук. Кадры гос. Аппарата СССР] // РАН. Ин-т Рос. Истории. М. , 2001. 225 pp (book review)
^ Гимпельсон Е.Г. Формирование советской политической системы: 1917-1923 гг М.: Наука, 1995. — 232 с.
^ Book review of Gimpelson's Sovetskie upravlentsy

Cadre management in the Soviet Union

Cadre of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Bureaucracy in other spheres

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