The September 1989 Central Committee nationalities plenum: a victory for Ryzhkov and Vorotnikov?

The September 1989 Central Committee nationalities plenum: a victory for Ryzhkov and Vorotnikov?

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This paper describes Politburo factionalization as an indication of Gorbachev's vulnerability. Reforms of the Party apparatus were opposed by two who argued for increasing the Party apparatus despite Gorbachev's call to reduce it. In addition, recent...