Methods of discipline influence in the personnel policy of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (VKP (b))

In this article the author examines very specific methods of discipline influence, aimed at improvement of the state apparatus personnel so called «purge», used by the ruling party in the 1920-ss. Special attention is paid to the evolution and features of «purge» application, as a method of personnel management of the Ural law enforcement agency. The author shows that at the beginning of such campaigns the purge was local, but since 1923 it has become centralized and widespread. The author analyzes the secret circulars of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (VKP (b)), and defines the criteria of «purge». The author identifies three main categories of persons, who were dismissed during the «purge». The article provides a concrete factual material showing the results of these campaigns in the Urals.