Interaction between the state and society in the USSR: stimulation of initiative and creative activity of the soviet people

The author refers to the Soviet period of our country’s history and characterizes the interaction of the state and society of that time. The instruments of interaction are named as citizens’ appeals, elections, orders to deputies, reports of deputies, appeals with letters to the media, citizens’ meetings. Particular attention is paid to appeals. It is noted that the right to appeal was not enshrined in the Soviet Constitutions until 1977, but working with them was given great importance, since they were considered a form of feedback with the population, gave an assessment of the work of government bodies, were a source of information about problems, helped in finding new solutions and ideas. Such a channel was adequate to the technical and technological conditions of that time. Over 70 years, society demonstrated both active and passive forms of adaptation to the state. It is concluded that in the USSR, legal conditions were created for the active involvement of citizens in the work on the implementation of state functions. The dual nature of the relationship between society and the state is characteristic of the USSR period: the monopolization of power by the nomenclature and the mass involvement of society in governing the state.