Local Soviets of the BSSRof the developed socialism period (1965-1985): Personnel mobility or personnel stagnation?
The degree of mobility of senior personnel reflected the political strategy of the Party-Soviet leadership of the USSR and changed depending on the change of power priorities.The purpose of the study is to identify the degree of mobility of senior personnel in the system of local Soviets of Workers’/People’s Deputies of the BSSR in 1965-1985.Material and methods. The article is based on the analysis of published documents and materials of the National Archive of the Republic of Belarus. The scientific principles of historicism and consistency, general scientific and concrete historical methods are used.Findings and their discussion. The personnel policy in the Soviets of the BSSR in 1965-1985 was aimed at stabilizing the personnel composition of managers of various levels, which fully satisfied the local Soviet nomenclature, gave both clear career prospects for gradual official growth and guarantees against sharp falls.Conclusion. As a result of the functioning of such a system, the head had real knowledge of the object of his management, had experience and skills of grassroots practical work that met the requirements of the current political and economic system, focused on reproduction, but not on its cardinal reorganization.