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...years since the revolution, and the political leadership of the Soviet Union has still not developed a tradition or institution to assure a smooth transfer of authority. The U.S.S.R. is a nation where supreme power changes hands only through death or coup. Vladimir Lenin's demise was hastened by an assassin's bullet. There is a lingering, but unproven, suspicion that Joseph Stalin was murdered. Georgi Malenkov and Nikita Khrushchev were ignominiously ousted from office. What fate is in store for the collective leadership now ruling the U.S.S.R.? Sovietologists agree that the oldsters clustered around President Leonid Brezhnev...
...black market. "If they tried to shut down every illegal activity," says one Western diplomat in Moscow, "the economy would come close to collapsing and the party would face serious problems of public disorder." The underground economy is nowhere to be found in the theories of Marx or Lenin, but it has become an integral part of Soviet society today...
...Since Lenin uttered those clangorous words in 1919, the Soviets may have muted their tone. But they continue to view the mastery of science, along with its offshoot-technology-as essential to the triumph of their system. Indeed, in areas deemed critical by the Kremlin, notably defense, space and agriculture, Soviet scientists are lavishly supported in their research. They can buy the best lab equipment from abroad, are allowed to travel to the West for scientific meetings and are treated to personal privileges-housing, clothing, cars-beyond the reach of ordinary citizens...
Marx proclaimed it, Lenin insisted on it, and the Soviet constitution guarantees it: equality of the sexes, including comparable pay for comparable work. Some of the statistics are impressive: most of the doctors, three-quarters of the teachers and one-third of the engineers are women. So are half of all university and institute students and nearly 60% of those with technical or vocational training in high school or beyond...
...result has been a heavy demand for attorneys. The number of law schools has risen from 36 to 50 since 1970, and an unprecedented measure of prestige is accruing to the profession. Some observers have even suggested something that Marx, Lenin or Stalin would have found unthinkable: in 30 years or so, the country's Establishment could include a liberal sprinkling of lawyers...