@article{Krivchik_2021, title={The representative government bodies in Ukraine in times of “the Thaw” (1956–1964)}, volume={1}, url={https://istznu.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2123}, abstractNote={<p>The article is devoted to the attempts of democratization of representative government bodies in Ukrainian Soviet Socialistic Republic in 1953-1964. It is proved that despite the formal course for increasing the role of Councils, civil organizations and amateur formations on all the levels of public life the chief decision-making body for important matters had been the machinery of the Party. The elected representatives of the people had to approve formally all the party’s decisions, the most worthy of them being invited to the presidiums of different ceremonial meetings and forums.</p&gt;}, number={27}, journal={Zaporizhzhia Historical Review}, author={Krivchik , G. G.}, year={2021}, month={Aug.}, pages={231-235} }