The '''Nomenklatura''' were a self appointed group running the administration of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] during the era when the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] had a politcal monopoly and outlawed opposition. The ''nomenklatura'' were the only group of persons who held [[citizenship]] [[rights]]. At the time of the Soviet Union's demise along with the ''nomenklatura'' in 1992, nearly 300 million people were dominated, controlled, and were citizenshipless in the country of their birth. | The '''Nomenklatura''' were a self appointed group running the administration of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] during the era when the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] had a politcal monopoly and outlawed opposition. The ''nomenklatura'' were the only group of persons who held [[citizenship]] [[rights]]. At the time of the Soviet Union's demise along with the ''nomenklatura'' in 1992, nearly 300 million people were dominated, controlled, and were citizenshipless in the country of their birth. |