Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the top policymaking and executive committee that effectively governed the Soviet state throughout most of its existence.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form Occurrences
Politburo of the CPSU 5
Politburo 2
CPSU Politburo 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive committee ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
politburo ⓘ
abolished 1991 ⓘ
appliesToPoliticalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
composition members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
controls Soviet government policy ⓘ
KGB ⓘ
surface form: Soviet security apparatus

Soviet state apparatus ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dateFormed 1919-03-25 ⓘ
dateRestoredName 1966 ⓘ
deFactoSupremacyOver Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolutionContext dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
establishedAs Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
headOfGovernmentRole General Secretary of the Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
jurisdiction Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
keyPositionWithin Soviet one-party system ⓘ
languageOfWork Russian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
mainDecisionMakingMethod collective leadership ⓘ
mainFunction formulation of domestic policy ⓘ
formulation of foreign policy ⓘ
oversight of economic planning ⓘ
oversight of security and defense policy ⓘ
meetsAt Moscow ⓘ
notableGeneralSecretariesAssociated Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
parentOrganization Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
politicalAlignment communism ⓘ
powerStructure centralized ⓘ
precededBy Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
reorganized 1952 ⓘ
reorganizedAs Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
reportsTo Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
restoredName Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Politburo
role de facto governing body of the Soviet Union ⓘ
top executive committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
top policymaking body of the Soviet Union ⓘ
shortName Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CPSU Politburo
subordinateTo formally the Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
typicalNumberOfMembers about 10 to 25 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Viktoria Brezhneva → associatedWith → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Communist Party of the Soviet Union leadership circle
CPSU Central Committee departments → controlledBy → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee
The Gulag Archipelago → criticizes → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Communist Party leadership
Katyn massacre → decisionMaker → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Politburo
Supreme Commander-in-Chief → decisionMakingBodySupportedBy → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Soviet Union)
this entity surface form: Politburo of the CPSU
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → establishedAs → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Communist Party of the Soviet Union → executiveOrgan → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo
General Secretary of the Communist Party → hierarchicalSuperior → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → independentFrom → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo of the CPSU
Leonid Brezhnev → memberOf → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Lev Kamenev → memberOf → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Mikhail Kalinin → memberOf → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Andrei Zhdanov → partOf → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stalinist leadership circle
Nikita Khrushchev → partOf → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet leadership
Mikhail Suslov → positionHeld → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → precededBy → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee → relatedTo → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo of the CPSU
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → reorganizedAs → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → restoredName → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → shortName → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPSU Politburo
Eastern Bloc security forces → subordinateTo → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: politburos
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia → subordinateTo → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine → subordinateTo → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo of the Communist Party of Ukraine
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee → subordinateTo → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo of the CPSU
Soviet High Command → subordinateTo → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet military officers → subordinateTo → Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Politburo of the CPSU