politburos
Communist ruling bodies
Politburos is the plural of politburo, the principal policymaking committee of a communist party, especially the Soviet Union's.
The term combines Russian words meaning "political" and "bureau." In extended use, politburo can refer sarcastically to any small group making decisions without broader input: The company's politburo announced layoffs without consulting employees.
Moscow's fortified government seat
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- LeninSoviet state founder
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- BrezhnevSoviet general secretary
Gathering for celebration
- secretariatAdministrative office of organization
- presidiumCommunist executive committee
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- cadreCore of trained personnel
functionaries · hierarchy · leadership · authority · power · control · decree · mandate
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
proletariat · revolution · comrade · centralism · ideology · doctrine · vanguard · dialectical
Kremlin
Moscow's fortified government seat
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- LeninSoviet state founder
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
Brezhnev · Gorbachev · USSR · KGB · Pravda · Moscow · de-Stalinization
party
Gathering for celebration
- secretariatAdministrative office of organization
- presidiumCommunist executive committee
- apparatusEquipment for a task
cadre · functionaries · hierarchy · leadership · authority · power · control · decree · mandate · directive
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
collectivism · proletariat · revolution · comrade · centralism · ideology · doctrine · vanguard · dialectical · materialism
politburosparliaments
National legislative assemblies
congresses · town halls · legislatures · senates · voters
politburosgrassroots movements
Citizen-led collective action
direct democracy · town meetings · participatory democracy · communes · cooperatives
politburoscabinets
Enclosed storage furniture
senates · coalition governments · privy councils · boards of directors · juntas