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Publication Date: April 1986
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Mikhail Tsypkin
Research Area: Government
Keywords: Russia and Eurasia
Type: Report
Coverage: Soviet Union
Abstract:
Two important aspects of the Soviet system under General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev surfaced during the recent 27th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party: 1) the General Secretary has successfully planted his own appointees throughout the Soviet Party and government bureaucracy; and 2) the system remains fiercely resistant to change.