Such an approach may have become more widespread among the Soviet political elite since the death of Brezhnev.

To get into one of his showings, you had to either work in a foreign embassy or belong to the Soviet elite.

More likely she was a cook housekeeper a rare privilege accorded certain members of the Soviet elite.

Lerner became a member of the Soviet scientific and technological elite.

His plan is vague, reflecting division within the Soviet elite and public fear that successful rural reform will eventually mean higher food prices.

It was completed in 1931 as the Government Building, a residence for the Soviet elite.

Paradoxically, the best and perhaps the only reason to be optimistic lies in the desperation of the Soviet elite.

Their ideology had become little more than an empty slogan, a means of entry to the special shops reserved for the Soviet elite.

But there was a time not long ago when it produced wines drunk by the Soviet elite and peasants alike.

He is known to have clashed on occasion with other members of the Soviet elite on foreign policy issues.