Party Leadership under Stalin and Khrushchev

This study examines the concept of "party leadership" as used by officials in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It argues that the term was employed to both disguise and signal officials’ efforts to lead the party and analyzes how it affected ideological education and the administration of the Soviet economy.

Jonathan Harris is Professor of the History of Byzantium at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium (2007) and The End of Byzantium (2010).

Introduction: The Origins of Conflict Chapter 1: Khrushchev vs. Malenkov, 1948-1953 Chapter 2: Chairman Malenkov vs First Secretary Khrushchev Chapter 3: The Twentieth Congress of the CPSU: Khrushchev Defines his Priorities, 1956-1957 Chapter 4: Khrushchev as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, 1958 Chapter 5: The Impact of the U-2 Crisis: The 22nd Congress of the CPSU Chapter 6: Conflicts over Ideology and the Shrinkage and the Reform of the Apparat: The Return to Central State Control, 1961-1963 Chapter 7: The CC/CPSU Plenum on Ideological Work (June 1963) during Khrushchev's Last Year