RELATIONSHIP OF ECONOMICAL AND POLITICAL ELITES IN KUZBASS IN 1980s.

This article deals with the relationship of economical and political elites in Kuzbass in 1980s. In particular the article is concerned with the role of economic executives in social and economic life of the region. The author notes the solution of many social questions in miners' towns and settlements depended on economic executives and that left impress on their relations with local party- and state executives. It is cited a point of view of one of the most authoritative "mining generals", Romanov V. P., about economic executives' role in existing political system. The position of the branch-wise departments is considered with respect to territories. It also deals both with the elements of solidarity of the regional economical elite with the ranking industrial organs and with the elements of divergence of their interests. Being subordinate to Ministry of coal mining industry economic executives tended to find an economic independence. The relationship between economic executives and local party organs and also the position of branch departments towards the territory are considered in the article. The author analyses regional economic elite's tendency to go out of committee's control. It also emphasizes sometimes their interests didn't coincide. It analyses the activity of the regional economical elite in the year of the perestroika, the time when coal metallurgical generals came out flat against the centre's appointee in the position of first secretary of regional committee of the Communis Party of the Soviet Union. The paper deals with the activities of the regional and union economical elite in the period of the mining strike in 1989, and with the ambition of "mining generals" for using the mining strike as a lever of pressure on the centre. Particularly it emphasizes "mining generals" tried to stop grass roots march of miners' strike and to suppress their ambitions. It analyses results of miners' strike for its direct participants, "mining generals", Ministry of coal mining industry. It notices economic executives of metallurgical plants and factories of military-industrial establishment in Kuzbass used totals of miners' actions. Economic executives got rid of political committees' control after getting out last miners of mines and factories, and having come under the jurisdiction of Russian government they got rid of keeping of Ministry of coal mining industry. It also analyses the consequences of the beginning of some market reforms for directors of coal and metallurgical industry of the region when in the result of property redistribution the latter passed into the ownership of representatives of the centre. It notes started radical market reform activated mass closing of mines and sharp aggravation of social situation in the region and it put to "rail war". One of results of reforms became limit of property and this property passed into the hands of representatives of centre. Because of the insufficiency of practical experience and knowledge of business management economic executives couldn't derive benefit in conditions of forming market. Frequent rotation of formerly all-powerful "mining generals" at the pleasure of new owners speaks for their incertitude.

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