People’s Control in the USSR: theory and practice of implementation

Abstract

Among the development priorities of modern Russia is the search for effective mechanisms of interaction between government and society. One of the effective forms of such interaction is the control of citizens over the activities of public authorities and officials. Control is a widespread objective phenomenon in the socio-economic and political life of society, closely merged with other phenomena. Of great interest at the present stage of formation and development of the institution of citizens’ control over power in Russia is the experience of implementing people’s control in the USSR. A critical analysis of the accumulated experience in the implementation of public control in the Soviet period allows us to formulate recommendations for improving the mechanisms for exercising public control at the present stage of the socio-political and socio-economic development of the Russian Federation.