Putin’s “Light Calvary”
In his speech to the 8th Komsomol Congress in 1928, Nikolai Bukharin called for new methods for fighting bureaucratism in Soviet institutions. While there were already groups like the âGroup for the Struggle Against Bureaucratism,â the âHelp Groups of the RKI (Workersâ and Peasantsâ Inspectorate)â, and a variety of âshock brigadesâ to fight bureaucratic red […]