The nomenclatura, literally just a list of names, was a vital technique for ensuring the control of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) over all aspects of industry, administration and other branches of the state. At every level, from the...

Members of the political elite of the former East European countries appointed by the Communist Party Social and economic privileges were given to members of committees ranging from the Central Party Committee to district committees. Although out of...

The nomenklatura were a small, élite subset of the general population in the Soviet Union who held various key administrative positions in all spheres of the Soviet Union: in government, industry, agriculture, education, etc. Nomenklatura had more...