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Soviet Union [USSR] Deputies and Citizen Involvement
Deputies to the Congress of People's Deputies represented a
cross section of the various economic and professional groups in
the population. According to the official Credentials Commission
report, in terms of occupation 24.8 percent of the deputies to the
congress were "workers in industry, construction, transport, or
communications," 18.9 percent were in agriculture, and of both
these groups 23.7 percent were ordinary workers and peasants.
Managers in industry and agriculture made up 6.8 percent and 8.5
percent of the deputies, respectively. Party secretaries at various
levels made up 10.5 percent of the deputies. Military officers made
up 3.6 percent of the deputies. In terms of age, 88.6 percent were
under age sixty, while 8.3 percent were under age thirty. Regarding
level of education, 75.7 percent possessed complete or incomplete
higher education, and 6.2 percent were full or corresponding
members of the central or republic academies of sciences.
Nevertheless, selection procedures underrepresented some segments
of society. Only 15.6 percent of the delegates were women, and just
seven of the deputies (0.003 percent) were religious leaders.
Data as of May 1989
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