Constructing the Soviet Elite - Recruitments, Exclusions, and Repressions Within the Soviet Communist Party, 1917-1941

After the Great Purge, a new and more intellectual membership rose to power in the Soviet Union. This generation presided over the destiny of the Soviet Union until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985. The innovative character of Moullec's study lies in the use of unpublished archival sources.