| Titre | Declassified materials from CPSU Central Committee plenums [Sources, context, highlights] | |
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| Auteur | Mark Kramer | |
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Revue | Cahiers du monde russe |
| Numéro | volume 40, no 1-2, janvier-juin 1999 Archives et nouvelles sources de l'histoire soviétique, une réévaluation | |
| Page | 271-306 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Mark Kramer. Declassified materials from CPSU Central Committee plenums. The recent declassification of transcripts and other materials from CPSU Central Committee plenums has provided a rich new source of information about the whole Soviet period, particularly the post-Stalin period. Under Stalin, the Central Committee almost never met (especially after the 1930s), but in the post-Stalin period it convened more frequently and at times discussed highly controversial issues. Although all key decisions in the post-Stalin era were made by the CPSU Presidium (Politbiuro) and Secretariat, the Central Committee did play an important supplementary role. Moreover, the declassified proceedings of the Central Committee plenums, and the newly released documents prepared for or submitted to the plenums, often shed light on the motives behind the Presidium's and Secretariat's decisions. These materials provide valuable evidence for scholars interested in Soviet domestic politics, leadership struggles, and foreign policy. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_1252-6576_1999_num_40_1_1002 |
