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This article study the problem of unofficial relations within soviet regional elite, existed during twentieth years of XX century. The problem is studied on the example of Vladimir region. Research is based on the documents from Vladimir state archive, studied on the basis of microhistorical approach. The research shows that different informal relations, based on the system of acquaintances grown from mutual work or everyday contacts, at the 1920-es became quite common at soviet province. Useful acquaintances beca...

The article discusses the main results and problems of provincial communists' social mobility during the 1920s on the basis of the representative sample from Communist party census held in 1927. The study of gender aspects of social mobility allows to claim that the influence of gender stereotypes still remained at that period and led to the discrimination of women even within Communist party.