Nikita Pivovarov
Biographic Data
| ID | 3596160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nikita Pivovarov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nikita |
| FAMILY NAME | Pivovarov |
| SIGNATURE | PIVOVAROV N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of World History |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5225-7524 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Coup d ́état KGB style? A New Look at the Conflict within the Soviet Communist Hierarchy during the Early Brezhnev Era
In October 1964, the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), Nikita Khrushchev, was abruptly removed from office by the ruling CPSU Presidium. His successor, Leonid Brezhnev, had to solidify his own political position for some time afterward. Rumors soon circulated that Brezhnev might be removed himself by younger members of the ruling elite, particularly Aleksandr Shelepin and Vladimir Semichastnyi, both of whom were closely in…
The Role of the Cpsu Central Committee Advisers in the Realization of Economic Assistance to Afghanistan (1978–1988)
The article, based on archival documents, examines the role of advisers from the Central Committee of the CPSU in providing assistance in solving socio-economic problems in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) in 1978–1988. The focus on economic issues is due to the fact that throughout the 1970s the USSR’s attention to all countries of the Global South was dictated by economic challenges and hopes for success in competition with capitali…
Alexei Kosygin’s Reform and Changes to Industrial Management From October 1964 to October 1965
The article analyzes the changes to industrial management that Alexei Kosygin devised and which have been a frequent topic of modern historiography. However, the restoration of sectoral ministries, one of the most important elements, has not been fully studied in academic literature. Preparation for the changes came in two stages, the first began in late 1964 and the second was completed in 1965. The collective leadership that came immediately af…
A Short Thaw in the Cold War
The article analyzes the reaction of the Soviet leadership to the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy in November 1963 and its impact on Soviet-American relations in the short-term period of 1963—1964. The research is based on a wide range of previously inaccessible archival documents, including materials from the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee, diplomatic correspondence, and intelligence reports, which helps to overcome the lo…
The Global South between Moscow and Beijing. From the History of the Second Afro-Asian (Bandung) Conference
The article analyzes the relationship between the USSR and China within the framework of the Non-Aligned Movement in the first half of the 1960s on the basis of documents from the Russian State Archive of Modern History. The interest in this problem is due to the fact that the issue of the Second Bandung Conference was considered against the background of the political confrontation between the two socialist countries. At the same time, Moscow an…
Soviet Leaders and the Development of the Sovnarkhoz Reform
The article considers the development of the 1957 Sovnarkhoz reform. The authors identified the main stages of work on it and defined the role of the highest authorities. Although the idea of granting economic independence to the regions was discussed by the USSR leadership even before the outbreak of the war, the main approaches to reform began to be developed after March 1953. The initiator of the reform was G. M. Malenkov. In August 1953, a me…
Constructing the Warsaw Pact
The article examines the features of the formation of military integration between the USSR and the countries of Eastern Europe after the Second World War on the basis of documents of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the supreme bodies of state administration. The author consistently analyzes the approaches of the Soviet leadership in this field. Thus, the early period (1945—1950) is characterized by the formation of bilateral military ties …
In Search of Lost Unity
The article, based on archival documents, examines the process of creating a common printing press for the world communist movement — the magazine “Problems of Peace and Socialism”, and the first stage of the work of the magazine’s editorial office in Prague, covering the period from 1958 to 1964. Already at the stage of developing the journal project, discussions arose among its potential participants about the feasibility of such a body. As the…
Russian Lands in Palestine in the Context of Soviet Diplomacy
The article deals with the issue of the so-called Russian property in Palestine. The author described what steps Soviet diplomats have taken since 1922 with regard to the properties that belonged before 1917 to the imperial government, the Russian Orthodox Church and the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society. Before the war, the NCID tried to recover the property through negotiations, lawsuits in court, and the creation of quasi-organizations. Af…
What Caused the Fall of Nikolai A. Voznesenskii? The Gosplan Affair, the Leningrad Affair and Political Infighting in Stalin's Inner Circle, 1949-1950
The 1949-1952 Gosplan Affair is rarely mentioned in the literature on late Stalinism, insofar as this purge of Politburo member Nikolai A. Voznesenskii and his clients at the USSR Council of Ministers Economic Planning Committee (Gosplan) is usually conflated with the coterminous Leningrad Affair. According to most scholars, Voznesenskii played a role in Andrei A. Zhdanov's Leningrad patron-client network, which was purged after the death of its …
Forms and Practices of Interbudgetary Relations in USSR in 1950s — First Half of 1960s
The forms and practices of interbudgetary relations in the USSR in the 1950s and early 1960s are considered. It is noted that the term interbudgetary relations in its broad interpretation can be used to describe the processes that took place in the budgetary system of the USSR. But, with one amendment: interbudgetary relations in the period under review should be understood as relations between the levels of the unified budgetary system of the So…
Soviet Medicine in the Cold War
The article is devoted to the transformation of Soviet medical science and practice under the conditions of the development of international relations after World War II. The main attention was placed on the study of scientific and social medical projects, which were implemented by the USSR during the Cold War under the influence of foreign policy trends and priorities. The analysis of foreign, Soviet and Russian historiography shows that researc…
In Word and in Deed
The article based on the analysis of documents of Central Committee of the Communist Party from the funds of the Russian State Archive of Modern History (RGANI) describes the normative and institutional foundations of the activities of Soviet state security regarding church-religious activities in the USSR, and also describes the peculiarities of the interaction of special services with the country's top party leadership on this issue in the 1950…
Cadres Issue in the Post-war Baltic Republics
The article analyzes the main qualitative characteristics and features of the leadership and specialists’ formation of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in the period of “late Stalinism.” The main sources for the article were the archival documents of the thematic cases of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of the Bolsheviks and the materials of the “Survey of executives and specialists as of November 1, 1947” - a…
The Rise and Fall of a Crimean Party Boss
This essay focuses on the career of N. V. Solov’ev, a prominent Stalin-era official and little-known victim of the 1949 Leningrad Affair. When treated as a case study, Solov’ev’s life and times illustrate a variety of important things about Stalinism as a whole. Most obviously, Solov’ev’s rapid ascent into the party nomenklatura during the interwar years exemplifies the dramatic trajectory that many in party service enjoyed during this period. On…
Soviet Export-Import Plans and Their Implementation
Student Riots in Europe in 1968
What Kind of Religious Persons Were Invited to the USSR, and Who Was Allowed to Go Abroad (1943–1985)
This article explores the history of official “religious” travels to and from the USSR in the period of 1943 to 1985. The main sources are the documents of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The study analyzes how the trips were prepared and realized, how and why people from various religious confessions were sent abroad and invited to the Soviet Union, and other related issues. The author distinguishes the following types of official …
The Rise and Fall of a Crimean Party Boss
This essay focuses on the career of N. V. Solov’ev, a prominent Stalin-era official and little-known victim of the 1949 Leningrad Affair. When treated as a case study, Solov’ev’s life and times illustrate a variety of important things about Stalinism as a whole. Most obviously, Solov’ev’s rapid ascent into the party nomenklatura during the interwar years exemplifies the dramatic trajectory that many in party service enjoyed during this period. On…
Soviet Export-Import Plans and Their Implementation
What Kind of Religious Persons Were Invited to the USSR, and Who Was Allowed to Go Abroad (1943–1985)
This article explores the history of official “religious” travels to and from the USSR in the period of 1943 to 1985. The main sources are the documents of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The study analyzes how the trips were prepared and realized, how and why people from various religious confessions were sent abroad and invited to the Soviet Union, and other related issues. The author distinguishes the following types of official …
Soviet Export-Import Plans and Their Implementation
Student Riots in Europe in 1968
The Rise and Fall of a Crimean Party Boss
This essay focuses on the career of N. V. Solov’ev, a prominent Stalin-era official and little-known victim of the 1949 Leningrad Affair. When treated as a case study, Solov’ev’s life and times illustrate a variety of important things about Stalinism as a whole. Most obviously, Solov’ev’s rapid ascent into the party nomenklatura during the interwar years exemplifies the dramatic trajectory that many in party service enjoyed during this period. On…
Forms and Practices of Interbudgetary Relations in USSR in 1950s — First Half of 1960s
The forms and practices of interbudgetary relations in the USSR in the 1950s and early 1960s are considered. It is noted that the term interbudgetary relations in its broad interpretation can be used to describe the processes that took place in the budgetary system of the USSR. But, with one amendment: interbudgetary relations in the period under review should be understood as relations between the levels of the unified budgetary system of the So…
Soviet Medicine in the Cold War
The article is devoted to the transformation of Soviet medical science and practice under the conditions of the development of international relations after World War II. The main attention was placed on the study of scientific and social medical projects, which were implemented by the USSR during the Cold War under the influence of foreign policy trends and priorities. The analysis of foreign, Soviet and Russian historiography shows that researc…
In Word and in Deed
The article based on the analysis of documents of Central Committee of the Communist Party from the funds of the Russian State Archive of Modern History (RGANI) describes the normative and institutional foundations of the activities of Soviet state security regarding church-religious activities in the USSR, and also describes the peculiarities of the interaction of special services with the country's top party leadership on this issue in the 1950…
Cadres Issue in the Post-war Baltic Republics
The article analyzes the main qualitative characteristics and features of the leadership and specialists’ formation of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in the period of “late Stalinism.” The main sources for the article were the archival documents of the thematic cases of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of the Bolsheviks and the materials of the “Survey of executives and specialists as of November 1, 1947” - a…
Russian Lands in Palestine in the Context of Soviet Diplomacy
The article deals with the issue of the so-called Russian property in Palestine. The author described what steps Soviet diplomats have taken since 1922 with regard to the properties that belonged before 1917 to the imperial government, the Russian Orthodox Church and the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society. Before the war, the NCID tried to recover the property through negotiations, lawsuits in court, and the creation of quasi-organizations. Af…
What Caused the Fall of Nikolai A. Voznesenskii? The Gosplan Affair, the Leningrad Affair and Political Infighting in Stalin's Inner Circle, 1949-1950
The 1949-1952 Gosplan Affair is rarely mentioned in the literature on late Stalinism, insofar as this purge of Politburo member Nikolai A. Voznesenskii and his clients at the USSR Council of Ministers Economic Planning Committee (Gosplan) is usually conflated with the coterminous Leningrad Affair. According to most scholars, Voznesenskii played a role in Andrei A. Zhdanov's Leningrad patron-client network, which was purged after the death of its …
The Global South between Moscow and Beijing. From the History of the Second Afro-Asian (Bandung) Conference
The article analyzes the relationship between the USSR and China within the framework of the Non-Aligned Movement in the first half of the 1960s on the basis of documents from the Russian State Archive of Modern History. The interest in this problem is due to the fact that the issue of the Second Bandung Conference was considered against the background of the political confrontation between the two socialist countries. At the same time, Moscow an…
Soviet Leaders and the Development of the Sovnarkhoz Reform
The article considers the development of the 1957 Sovnarkhoz reform. The authors identified the main stages of work on it and defined the role of the highest authorities. Although the idea of granting economic independence to the regions was discussed by the USSR leadership even before the outbreak of the war, the main approaches to reform began to be developed after March 1953. The initiator of the reform was G. M. Malenkov. In August 1953, a me…
Constructing the Warsaw Pact
The article examines the features of the formation of military integration between the USSR and the countries of Eastern Europe after the Second World War on the basis of documents of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the supreme bodies of state administration. The author consistently analyzes the approaches of the Soviet leadership in this field. Thus, the early period (1945—1950) is characterized by the formation of bilateral military ties …
In Search of Lost Unity
The article, based on archival documents, examines the process of creating a common printing press for the world communist movement — the magazine “Problems of Peace and Socialism”, and the first stage of the work of the magazine’s editorial office in Prague, covering the period from 1958 to 1964. Already at the stage of developing the journal project, discussions arose among its potential participants about the feasibility of such a body. As the…
The Role of the Cpsu Central Committee Advisers in the Realization of Economic Assistance to Afghanistan (1978–1988)
The article, based on archival documents, examines the role of advisers from the Central Committee of the CPSU in providing assistance in solving socio-economic problems in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) in 1978–1988. The focus on economic issues is due to the fact that throughout the 1970s the USSR’s attention to all countries of the Global South was dictated by economic challenges and hopes for success in competition with capitali…
Alexei Kosygin’s Reform and Changes to Industrial Management From October 1964 to October 1965
The article analyzes the changes to industrial management that Alexei Kosygin devised and which have been a frequent topic of modern historiography. However, the restoration of sectoral ministries, one of the most important elements, has not been fully studied in academic literature. Preparation for the changes came in two stages, the first began in late 1964 and the second was completed in 1965. The collective leadership that came immediately af…
A Short Thaw in the Cold War
The article analyzes the reaction of the Soviet leadership to the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy in November 1963 and its impact on Soviet-American relations in the short-term period of 1963—1964. The research is based on a wide range of previously inaccessible archival documents, including materials from the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee, diplomatic correspondence, and intelligence reports, which helps to overcome the lo…
Coup d ́état KGB style? A New Look at the Conflict within the Soviet Communist Hierarchy during the Early Brezhnev Era
In October 1964, the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), Nikita Khrushchev, was abruptly removed from office by the ruling CPSU Presidium. His successor, Leonid Brezhnev, had to solidify his own political position for some time afterward. Rumors soon circulated that Brezhnev might be removed himself by younger members of the ruling elite, particularly Aleksandr Shelepin and Vladimir Semichastnyi, both of whom were closely in…
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