1.70 Политика стабильности в эпоху Брежнева (1970-е – начало 1980-х гг.)

"The Most Instructive Century" opens the lecture series on the "Cultural Code" channel. Historian Alexander Shubin talks about the 20th century – the most dramatic and tragic in Russian history. An exceptional experience that will be useful to all of us in the 21st century. Lecture 70. The Policy of Stability in the Brezhnev Era (1970s – early 1980s) Dear Leonid Ilyich? After the turbulent Khrushchev Thaw, the lull under Brezhnev transformed into an entire political system. Leonid Ilyich became the main symbol of the era – its peace, its inertia, its fear of change. When Brezhnev's health weakened, the system hesitated to change its leader. Too much rested on the apparatus balance, privileges, and unspoken rules of the late Soviet regime. The late USSR turns out to be a complex machine, where the Supreme Soviet and the Soviet vertical formalize decisions. The more stable this structure appears, the more obvious it is that behind the façade of "people's power" lies a growing bureaucracy, which becomes the mainstay of the era. Why does stability turn into a political dead end? How does "concern for personnel" become a mechanism for the system's self-preservation? How does the future reformer Gorbachev "manifest" himself within the Brezhnev apparatus? #stability #brezhnev #lateussr 0:00 IT company Aston presents and previews the series 0:34 Why Brezhnev set the style of the era 1:42 How Brezhnev changed and why the issue of a change of power was not considered 3:26 Brezhnev's personnel policy and his role at the top 5:13 What underpinned Brezhnev's stability 5:59 Clans, "insiders," and the role of the inner circle 7:11 "Developed socialism" and the idea of ​​the "Soviet people" 9:13 Why the elite did not want to replace Brezhnev 10:00 Concentration of power and the cult of the first person 11:38 Accident in Tashkent: scaffolding collapsed on Brezhnev 13:21 How the political system of the USSR was structured 14:06 The Supreme Soviet, elections, and the role of deputies 18:50 Executive committees, the party, and local government 20:06 Dual Subordination and the Complexity of the Soviet System 22:11 Kosygin, the Siloviki, and the Politburo: Who Was Responsible for What 24:47 The Secretariat of the Central Committee and Control over the Execution of Decisions 26:23 Bureaucracy as the Foundation of the Late Soviet System 28:18 Internal Conflicts: Departmentalism, Parochialism, and the Conflict of Interests 29:21 Suslov, Shchelokov, and Different Styles within the Elite 31:38 Andropov, Control and the Anti-Corruption Line 35:25 The Conflict between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the KGB 36:49 Rumors of Mysterious Deaths in the Late 1970s 38:46 Kulakov, Gorbachev, and Cautious Reformers 42:17 The Ipatov Experiment and Debates over Agro-Industrial Complexes 45:01 Kulakov's Death and Gorbachev's Rise 46:58 The 1982 Food Program 49:16 Gorbachev as a New Power Generator ideas 50:06 Stability before the end of an era 50:42 Why did Brezhnev die?