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The '''Politburo''' (<u>polit</u>ical <u>bur</u>eau) is the highest ruling body in the [[USSR]].[http://www.encyclopediaproject.net/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev#Early_life_and_political_career] In Soviet politics, there were three competing centers of power: the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), the Committee for State Security or KGB, and the Soviet Military. The people of the Soviet Union were excluded from participation in the political process and without political rights.
The '''Politburo''' (<u>polit</u>ical <u>bur</u>eau) was the highest ruling body in the [[USSR]].[http://www.encyclopediaproject.net/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev#Early_life_and_political_career] It is an [[oligarchy]]. In Soviet politics, there were three competing centers of power: the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] ([[CPSU]]), the Committee for State Security or [[KGB]], and the [[Soviet Military]]. The people of the [[Soviet Union]] were excluded from participation in the political process and without political [[rights]].
The CPSU dominated political control, yet could not govern alone. The KGB, described as "the sword and shield of the Party" controlled the apparatus of the state security police and its Corrective Labor Camps, or Gulags, for dissenters and other persons who may have had some difficulty cooperating with the Soviet regime. The Soviet Military, a large force in numbers though not ideologically driven as Party members were, represented the only real threat to Communist domination and control of the Soviet system. Thus KGB also functioned as a counterbalance to keep the the Soviet Military in check. And the mass of Soviet people were excluded from any meaningful role in political affairs.
The CPSU dominated political control, yet could not govern alone. The KGB, described as "the sword and shield of the Party" controlled the apparatus of the state security [[Police state|police]] and its Corrective Labor Camps, or [[Gulag]]s, for dissenters and other persons who may have had some difficulty cooperating with the Soviet regime. The Soviet Military, a large force in numbers though not ideologically driven as Party members were, represented the only real threat to Communist domination and control of the Soviet system. Thus KGB also functioned as a counterbalance to keep the the Soviet Military in check. And the mass of Soviet people were excluded from any meaningful role in political affairs.
As Soviet defector Victor Suvorov has described, the Politburo "should not be seen as the summit of the Party, for it represents neutral territory, on which the three forces gather to grapple with one another." Suvorov gives numerous examples throughout Soviet history how this process functioned; for example it was the KGB that liquidated Military leaders in the [[Great Purge]]s of 1938 at the behest of the Party when their loyalty was in doubt. "Both the Army and the KGB are equally represented in the Politburo. With their agreement, the Party takes the leading role; the Party bosses restrain the others and act as peacemakers in the constant squabbles."
As Soviet defector [[Victor Suvorov]] has described, the Politburo "should not be seen as the summit of the Party, for it represents neutral territory, on which the three forces gather to grapple with one another." Suvorov gives numerous examples throughout [[Soviet history]] how this process functioned; for example it was the KGB that [[assinate|liquidated]] Military leaders in the [[Great Purge]]s of 1938 at the behest of the Party when their loyalty was in doubt. "Both the Army and the KGB are equally represented in the Politburo. With their agreement, the Party takes the leading role; the Party bosses restrain the others and act as peacemakers in the constant squabbles."
Suvorov said of the role of the Politburo in Soviet society, "In effect it has become a substitute for God."
Suvorov said of the role of the Politburo in Soviet society, "In effect it has become a substitute for God."
==Reference==
==See also==
* [[Oligarchy]]
* [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
* [[Communist Party of China]]
* [[Communist Party of the United States of America]]
* [[Death toll of communism]]
* [[List of Communist States]]
* [[List of Socialist States]]
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Iron Curtain]]
* [[Socialism]]-[[Marxism]]
* [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] for the connection of the shootdown by the Soviets of KAL 007, with 269 people aboard, on Sept. 1, 1983 with the heightened U.S./Soviet confrontations of 1983-4.
* [[The Soviet/ U.S naval confrontation]] over KAL 007
* [[KAL 007 and the Soviet Top Secret Memos]]
* [[National Bolshevik Party]]
* [[Liberalism]]: [[Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism]]
* [[John Maynard Keynes]] - [[Fabian Socialist]] influence on [[Barack Obama]]
* [[Obamanomics]]: [[Obamunism]] [[Economic planning]] of the [[Obama administration fiscal policy]], [[Obama administration monetary policy]], [[Obamacare]], [[Federal funding]] via [[Crony capitalism]] ([[Obama donor list]]), [[Deficit spending]], [[Bailout]], [[Obama administration corporate bailouts]]), [[Recession of 2008]] ([[Recession]]), [[Economic stimulus]], [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], [[Recovery Summer 2010]], [[Progressives for Obama]], [[Obamageddon]])
* [[Mobocracy]], [[Social Effects of the Theory of Evolution]], [[Communist Racism]], [[Genocide]], [[Holocaust]]
* [[National Socialist German Workers Party]] ([[Nazi]])
* [[National Socialism]] - the Nazis were elitist [[Police State]] [[liberals]] not [[conservative]]s
==References==
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*Victor Suvorov, ''Inside the Soviet Army'', Macmillan Publishing Co., 1982.
*Victor Suvorov, ''Inside the Soviet Army'', Macmillan Publishing Co., 1982.
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[[Category:Soviet Union]]