title: Formation of Soviet State System: Use of Tsarist Heritage in the Sphere of Central Governing
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metadata.value: Morozova, E. N.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Raskin, D. I.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-10-28T16:24:57Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-10-28T16:24:57Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-09
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metadata.value: Morozova E. N., Raskin D. I. Formation of Soviet State System: Use of Tsarist Heritage in the Sphere of Central Governing, Modern History of Russia, no. 3, 2017, pp. 7–23
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu24.2017.301
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/8647
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper considers the Soviet Power’s usage of the Russian Empire’s central institutions. Contrary
  to the wide-spread statement of dismantlement of the old state machine, the real practice of the early Soviet
  years involved first of all take-over of the old government apparatus and its adjustment to the objectives of the
  new authorities. The authors traced back the history of over than 250 state supreme and central institutions of the
  Russian Empire after October 1917. The case study of the institutions in charge of economy demonstrated that
  many of them kept functioning after the October take-over. Later, by way of renaming and reorganization they
  were incorporated into the system of the Soviet government machine. During a long period the pre-revolutionary
  system of document management was being preserved. Alongside with this, the advisory bodies of old ministries
  and departments were among the first to be eliminated, though the learned committees were partially preserved.
  As a rule, structural units of ministries maintaining technical and record functions were retained. Numerous fragmentations
  and transformations of the old institutions are explained by the “bureaucratic dilettantism” of the new
  authorities. Alongside with the well-known facts of numerous officials refusing to cooperate with the Soviet Power,
  the revealed sources demonstrate determination of a significant part of the pre-revolutionary bureaucracy
  to maintain their positions. An essential role in renovation of the central government institutions carrying their
  work under the Soviet Power was played by the removal of the Council of People’s Commissars to Moscow.
  A prominent number of central institutions in charge of economy, industry, trade, transport became structural
  subdivisions of VSNH (the Supreme Economic Council). Deactivation of work of some institutions responsible for
  foreign trade, agriculture, etc., was greatly influenced by the Civil War and the Soviet policy of nationalization in
  the fields of industry and trade.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Issue 3(20)
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Central institutions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian Empire
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Soviet Power
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: document management
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: economy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: trade
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: industry
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: bureaucracy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Formation of Soviet State System: Use of Tsarist Heritage in the Sphere of Central Governing
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metadata.value: Article
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