The next volume of the series "Documents of Soviet History" contains documents on the relationship between the center and the Central Committee of the Communist Parties of the Union republics; leaders of regional committees, regional committees during the period of late Stalinism Among them are decisions of the Politburo, the Organizing Bureau. Secretariat of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks on monitoring the activities of regional party committees, on the procedure for appointing personnel ("nomenclature" system), their training, supply, etc. The materials of various inspections and inspections testify to the situation on the ground and the activities of party leaders. A special section focuses on the most significant campaigns against regional party secretaries. The most characteristic appeals of secretaries to the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks are also published.