Cadre management in the Soviet Union

In modern Russian language, the word "cadre" is synonymous with the term human resources. In the history of the Soviet Union and the history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union a particular emphasis was placed on the assignment of the managerial cadre known as upravlentsy (управленцы) in Soviet parlance, who, with the exception of the lower levels of bureaucracy, were supposed to be the members of the Communist Party, and the management of the cadre of the Party itself. Over time this evolved into the system of nomenklatura encompassing managerial positions in the whole state.

Cadre of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Over time, the cadre of the Russian Communist Party and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were managed by special departments: Uchraspred of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (1919-1924), Orgraspred, Orgburo, and Sekretariat.

Bureaucracy in other spheres
During the initial period of the formation of the Soviet State, the governmental bureaucracy was not predominantly Bolshevik. Moreover, in the state declared to the based on the dictature of the proletariat, only 2.4% of the staff of central state agencies were former workers in 1922.