Central Control Commission

Lenin writes Better Fewer, But Better on state bureaucracy

📅 2 March 1923

Lenin criticized the Soviet administrative apparatus as inefficient and shaped by inherited imperial practices. He called for fewer, better-trained officials and stronger oversight, while his critique...

Central Committee plenum debates grain procurement and the Shakhty affair

📅 6 April 1928

The joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission met from 6 to 11 April, discussing the grain procurement crisis and the Shakhty case. Its resolutions called for forceful...