2004 Articles

Ethno-nationalist Mythology in the Soviet Party-State Apparatus

Mitrokhin, Nikolai

It's no secret that people change more slowly than the whole, people retain the same convictions that were considered progressive when they were young, and later in life seemed to be current, but already seem old-fashioned, if not obsolete, to the younger generations entering public life. After the collapse of the USSR it took almost ten years for the last remaining representatives of the old government establishment to forsake the upper echelons of power in the new state. Just five years ago, three out of the four highest government offices in Russia were held by people who once were former members and candidates for membership in the Politburo of the Central Committee.