Soviet mass organizations system

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The Soviet mass organizations system was a state-controlled network of social, professional, and youth organizations used by the Communist Party to mobilize, supervise, and politically educate the population across the USSR.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of Soviet political system
political control system
state-controlled network of organizations
actualPractice social pressure to join
basedOn democratic centralism
characteristic centralized leadership
close linkage to state apparatus
compulsory or quasi-compulsory participation
hierarchical structure
ideological indoctrination
mass membership
sectoral specialization
controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
declinePeriod perestroika
dissolution after 1991
function distribution of social benefits
mass political campaigns
monitoring of public opinion
organization of leisure and cultural activities
propaganda dissemination
transmission belt between Communist Party and society
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
includedOrganization All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
All-Union Leninist Young Communist League
linked to: Komsomol

Committee of Soviet Women
DOSAAF
Komsomol
Little Octobrists
Soviet trade unions
Union of Soviet Artists
Union of Soviet Journalists
Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Union of Soviet Writers
Voluntary Sports Societies
Young Pioneers
Znanie Society
includedOrganizationType cultural societies
peace and solidarity committees
professional associations
scientific and technical societies
sports societies
trade unions
veterans’ organizations
women’s organizations
youth organizations
influencedBy Bolshevik party model
Leninist concept of transmission belts
legalStatus formally voluntary membership
linkedTo Soviet planned economy
nomenklatura system
membershipBase intelligentsia
peasants
professionals
women
workers
youth
partOf Soviet civil society structure
Soviet political system
purpose control of civil society
mobilization of population
political education of population
political supervision of population
recruitment of party cadres
social integration
scope all-Union
local
republican
significantPeriod Brezhnev era
linked to: Leonid Brezhnev

Khrushchev era
Stalin era
timePeriod Soviet era
usedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions partOf Soviet mass organizations system
Union of Soviet Writers memberOf Soviet creative unions system
linked to: Soviet mass organizations system
Productivism movementDomain Bolshevik education
linked to: Soviet mass organizations system
Soviet sports society SKA partOf Soviet system of voluntary sports societies
linked to: Soviet mass organizations system