Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables viii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE: CPSU Membership History
8. 1. From Revolutionary Underground to State Party 57
9. 2. Victory—and a Purge 88
10. 3. The Lenin Enrollment 110
11. 4. Proletarianization Slackens 132
12. 5. Proletarianization Renewed—and Ended 165
13. 6. Enter the New Elite 197
14. 7. World War II: Party and Army 236
15. 8. Postwar Consolidation 273
16. 9. The Khrushchev Enrollment 296
17. 10. A Party of the Whole People 324
18. PART TWO: Some Special Aspects
19. 11. Turnover, Age and Sex 351
20. 12. Nationality 364
21. 13. Party Membership and Education 400
22. 14. A Representative Elite? 412
23. 15. Driving Belts 454
24. 16. Geographical Distribution 486
25. Conclusion: Determinants of CPSU Composition 510
26. Bibliography 527
27. Index 553
28. STUDIES OF THE RUSSIAN INSTITUTE 575