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Having obtained Party membership, the members continue their voyage on the ocean of Soviet life. One cannot say that even with this newly acquired Party membership, one can reach the peak of even appropriately privileged social positions. With Party membership, the new arrivals are absolutely, and especially theoretically, in accordance with the Consitution of the Party in which it is written that all Party members are equal, although it is still true that some are more equal than others.
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Glazov, Y. (1988). The Top Hierarchy of Party Members. In: To Be or Not to Be in the Party. Sovietica, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2963-0_3
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