The SNK is an organ of Soviet power

After the revolution, the new communist government had to build the system of power anew. This is objective, because the very essence of power and its social sources have changed. As Lenin and his associates succeeded, we will consider in this article.

Formation of the system of power

It should be noted that during the first stages of the development of the new state, in the conditions of the Civil War, the Bolsheviks had certain problems in the process of forming government bodies. The reasons for this phenomenon are both objective and subjective. First, many settlements in the process of fighting often came under the control of the White Guards. Secondly, the people's confidence in the new government was at first weak. And most importantly, none of the new leaders had experience working in the system of public administration.

What is SNK?

The system of supreme power was more or less stabilized by the time the USSR was founded. The state at that time was officially administered by the Council of People's Commissars. SNK is the supreme body of executive and administrative authority in the USSR. In fact, it is about the government. Under this name, the body officially existed from 6.07.1923 to 15.03.1946. Because of the impossibility of holding elections and convening the parliament, the SNC of the USSR had the functions of the legislature for the first time. Even this fact tells us that there was no democracy in the Soviet period. The combination of executive and legislative power in the hands of one body speaks about the dictatorship of the party.

Structure of the Council of People's Commissars

In this body there was a clear structure and hierarchy in posts. SNK is a collegial body that took decisions unanimously or by a majority vote during its meetings. As already noted, according to its type, the organ of executive power of the USSR of the interwar period is very similar to modern governments.

The head of the USSR SNK was the Chairman. In 1923 he officially headed the state VI. Lenin. The structure of the body provided for the posts of vice-presidents. There were 5. Unlike the current government structure, where there is a First Deputy Prime Minister and three or four ordinary vice-premiers, there was no such division. Each of the deputies oversaw a separate line of work for SNK. This was beneficial for the work of the body and the situation in the country, because it was in those years (from 1923 to 1926) that the policy of the NEP was carried out most effectively.

In its activity, SNK tried to cover all spheres of the economy, economy, as well as the humanitarian direction. Such conclusions can be made by analyzing the list of the People's Commissariats of the USSR in the 1920s:

- Internal affairs;

- on agriculture;

- labor;

- The People's Commissariat of Defense was called "for military and naval affairs";

- commercial and industrial direction;

- public education;

- Finance;

- Foreign Affairs;

- People's Commissariat of Justice;

- Commissariat, supervising the food industry (especially important, provided the population with food);

- Commissariat of railway communication;

- on national issues;

- in the field of printing.

Most of the activities of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, formed almost 100 years ago, remain in the sphere of interests of modern governments, and some (for example, the press sphere) were especially relevant then, because only through leaflets and newspapers could propaganda of communist ideas.

Normative acts of SNK

After the revolution, the Soviet government took the liberty of issuing both ordinary and extraordinary documents. What is the SNK decree? In the understanding of lawyers, this is the decision of an official or collegial body taken in an emergency situation. In the understanding of the leadership of the USSR, decrees are important documents that laid the foundation for relations in certain sectors of the country's life. Powers to issue decrees SNK of the USSR received under the Constitution of 1924. Having read the Constitution of the USSR in 1936, we see that documents with this name are not mentioned there. In history, the most famous are the decrees of the Council of People's Commissars: on land, on peace, on the separation of the state from the church.

In the text of the last pre-war Constitution, we are already talking not about decrees, but about the right of the Council of People's Commissars to issue resolutions. SNK lost its legislative function. All the fullness of power in the country passed to party leaders.

SNK is an organ that existed until 1946. Later it was renamed the Council of Ministers. The system of organization of power, set out on paper in a document of 1936, was almost ideal at that time. But we understand very well that this was all only official.