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The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation: Sources for personnel reproduction.
https://doi.org/10.35854/2219-6242-2025-1-45-56
Abstract
The article examines the structure of the Central Committee as the top leadership of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). The article presents the results of a qualitative study of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation senior party establishment, which revealed the sources of recruitment of the political elite analyzed in detail. The author used the structural and biographical method to identify the key sources of personnel reproduction within the top leadership of the party during a detailed analysis of a wide range of data fromofficial websites, biographical portals, mass media materials, etc. It is concluded that the main source of recruitment of elites within the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is the party through the procedure of creating a layer of intra-party bureaucracy. It is stated that, despite the constant renewal of the senior party leadership members, the political elite is generally stable. At the same time, the author concludes that there is a hierarchy system within the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation that presents two levels of the top leadership members. In particular, some have a deputy’s seat, while others do not. A number of differences related to the nature of the leadership of the party chairman were also revealed in the Central Committee composition and the Central Committee Presidium.
About the Author
S. A. Rebrov
Sociological Institute — a Branch of Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Science
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey A. Rebrov - research fellow
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Rebrov S.A. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation: Sources for personnel reproduction. Sociology and Law. 2025;17(1):45-56. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35854/2219-6242-2025-1-45-56
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