ABSTRACT
Institutions conduct the praxis of politics, state and governance. The institutions give a tangible shape and implement the perspective articulated by the dominant philosophy, generally imperfectly since the ideology defines the ideal type. Social institutions influence the society, the economy, cultural and religious institutions, the spiritual aspect of the human life, as do the political institutions effect the political life of a country or a society. Marxism-Leninism provided the philosophical base to the institutions of the Soviet political system as John Locke and Hegel did for modern liberal-democratic institutions. One of the oft-debated issue about the Soviet political system was as to which of the two institutions - the Party or the state were more important. Central Committee gave political legitimacy to the acts of the Party, State and government institutions. Political pluralism as is well known, existed both within and outside the Party in the early days of the Soviet regime.
