Towards the XXVII Congress of the CPSU The research of historians, philosophers, lawyers, sociologists and others is devoted to revealing the role of V. I. Lenin in the formation of the socialist discipline.1 The authors of this essay set out to show the role of Lenin in the formation of state discipline in government bodies and to do this with the help of Lenin's own statements, memoirs of his contemporaries and associates. State discipline, according to Lenin , is a part of the general socialist discipline, the discipline of voluntary, conscious, self-discipline. It includes the precise, precise, and competent performance by each Soviet employee of the duties assigned to him, the execution of decisions of party and state bodies, and their implementation in practical everyday work, i.e., it includes as its constituent elements the requirements of legality, efficiency, discipline, and competence in resolving all issues. At the All-Union Scientific and Practical Conference "Improvement of developed socialism and the ideological work of the Party in the light of the decisions of the June 1983 Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU", it was emphasized that "in the activities of party organizations, state, Soviet and economic bodies, a realistic, sober and creative approach to business, irreconcilability to shortcomings are becoming more firmly established. The party's struggle for the universal establishment of order, organization, discipline, and increasing the responsibility of cadres at all levels of government received universal approval. " 2 However, there are still a lot of problems, and in solving them, we constantly turn to Lenin's theoretical heritage, the invaluable experience of his practical state work. To govern the country, even before the victory of the socialist revolution, V. D. Bonch-Bruevich recalled, Lenin developed a plan to create People's commissariats headed by People's Commissars, whose collegium - the Council of People's Commissars - was ... Читать далее