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Seit Bestehen der Roten Armee und der Roten Flotte haben die politischen Institutionen der KPdSU in den Streitkräften eine bedeutende Rolle gespielt. Sie garantieren seit jeher den Einfluß und die Kontrolle der Partei über den Militärapparat. Sie besitzen eine eigene hierarchische Struktur, die außerhalb der rein militärischen Kommandolinie steht. Die politische Arbeit wird zwischen den Organen von Partei und Komsomol, die sich z.T. auch ergänzen und zusammenwirken, geteilt. (BIOst-Rsg)

3 factors affecting the influence of peer groups in the political socialization of Soviet schoolchildren are examined: perceived salience of the peer groups; the extent, nature, & quality of interactions with those groups; & the compatibility of the norms of the peer groups with those of other socializing agents. The findings presented lead to conclusions about the existence of a "teen culture" in the USSR & about the socializing capability of the Octoberists, Pioneers, & Komsomol, the politically-inspired youth organizations in the schools. 4 Tables. AA.

ABSTRACTThe article presents an overview of differences between the fifteen Soviet republics in the field of political recruitment. The indicators of recruitment chosen are membership of the Communist Party and the Komsomol. The study covers the period 1956–73. The existence of significant differences is established. These differences tend also to remain over time. In the field of political recruitment, the western republics situated in the European part of the USSR behave differently from those of Central Asia. Finally, a connection between the differences in political recruitment and the differences in socio‐economic development is suggested. The political organizations tend, on the average, to have more members in the economically advanced areas and vice versa.

A Moscow poet recalls his conversation with the KGB This is the transcript of a conversation between the Russian poet Vitaly Pomazov and KGB staff member Yu. N. Uvarov on 21 April, 1982, at the Serpukhov KGB Administration. Present during the conversation was another KGB staff member, who declined to introduce himself. Some of the remarks are his. The transcript was made by Vitaly Pomazov from memory following the conversation and is slightly abridged. The heading is a word-play on a famous, very 'Soviet' poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky, 'Discussion about Poetry with a Finance Inspector', It is an accurate and poignant reproduction of a situation very familiar to nearly every uncensored person of letters in the Soviet Union, and, indeed, in all countries of the Soviet bloc. The basic purpose of such 'preventive conversations' is ordinarily to 'sound out' the author of a 'criminal' work, but they are often also an attempt to warn him of 'responsibility for acts perpetrated'. An appropriate 'steps taken' entry is made in the 'offender's' dossier as a result of such discussions. Vitaly Pomazov (born in 1946 or 1947) studied history at the University, but in 1968 was expelled from both the Komsomol (Communist Youth Organisation) and the University. The reason was his sociological research study 'State and Democracy'. In 1971 Pomazov was arrested on a charge of 'anti-Soviet activities' and sentenced to one-and-a-half year's imprisonment. After completing the prison term, he was forbidden to live in Moscow and moved about 50 or 60 kilometres to Serpukhov, where the conversation took place. He is editor of the typewritten literary miscellany Protalina (untranslatable expression — it describes a patch of land in early spring, from which the snow has disappeared during a thaw, while the surrounding countryside is still covered with snow and ice).