"Collective Leadership in Soviet Politics" offers a comprehensive analysis of the development of leadership in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991. The book examines the dynamics between individual leadership and collective rule, highlighting how these tensions manifested over time. It focuses on the strategies of the most significant leaders of this era – Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev – and their methods of maintaining power. These individual approaches are considered in the context of the norms that shaped oligarchic politics. The work is aimed at students and scholars interested in political leadership, Soviet politics, and history.