THE FORMATION OF NON-FORMAL GROUPS OF NOMENCLATURE IN THE USSR DURING THE 1930-ies (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE SOVIET PARTY LEADERSHIP IN DNIPROPETROVSK REGION)

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The main purpose of the research is to cover principles of the existence and functioning of the Soviet party leadership in Dnipropetrovsk during the 1930-ies – at the beginning of the 1940-ies. The Methodological Basis. The research is based on the principle of systematicity, anthropologist and interdisciplinary. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that it was the first time in the Ukrainian historiography that on the background of the memoirs and archival documents analysis the attempts to clarify the reasons of the Dnipropetrovsk nomenclature formation during the end of the 1930-ies – the beginning 1940-ies as well as to demonstrate the consequences of the “nomenclature revolutions” in Dnipropetrovsk region were made. The Conclusions. It was clarified that during the 1930-ies in the environment of Dnipropetrovsk party nomenclature occurred a short-term consolidation around the top figure in the region – Mendel Khataievych. The local version of a “leader cult” formed in the region. That process was interrupted by political repressions in 1937 – 1938. During the “Great Terror” almost all Soviet party nomenclature of the region was killed. The so-called «staff revolution» launched “political mobility” that opened wide opportunities to promote alive lower levels leaders. After that “cleaning”, the highest management of Dnipropetrovsk region was reached by Leonid Brezhnev, Kostiantyn Hrushevii and etc. There were names who would the so-called “Dnipropetrovsk clan” be associated with since the 1950-ies up to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the representatives of the clan held the highest party and government posts used to give tone to the political system of the USSR. Renovation of the party system in Dnipropetrovsk region connected with Mykyta Khrushchov and his appointees Demian Korotchenko and Semen Zadionchenko.

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