Intra-party crisis in the CPSU and problems of state administration in 1920–1921

Abstract

Various aspects of the inner-party crisis in the CPSU, which manifested themselves especially sharply at the turn of 1920–1921, are analyzed. It is emphasized that the intra-party crisis had the most serious impact on the public administration system, since the CPSU as the ruling party constituted the organizational and personnel basis of the entire management system. Specific manifestations of crisis phenomena, their impact on the functional capabilities of government bodies are highlighted. The state of the local and regional authorities is investigated. Changes of a personal and psychological nature that have occurred in the personnel of Soviet managers are revealed. It is concluded that the management model, created during the Civil War and based solely on violence, ceased to work in peaceful conditions and there was an urgent need to improve it and change personnel in accordance with new social needs.