General Secretary of the Communist Party

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party leadership position political office

The General Secretary of the Communist Party was the most powerful political office in the Soviet Union, effectively serving as the country's supreme leader.

Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form As subject As object
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 47 15
General Secretary 0 4
CCP General Secretary 0 1
General Secretary of the CPSU 0 1
General Secretary of the CPSU (indirectly via Central Committee) 0 1
General Secretary of the Central Committee 0 1
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 0 1
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Italy 0 1
Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 0 1
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 0 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position →
political office →
abolished 1991 →
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union →
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
appointedBy Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
surface form: Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
associatedWithEvent dissolution of the Soviet Union →
controlledOrganization Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
country Soviet Union →
countryLeaderOf Soviet Union →
deFactoRole most powerful political office in the Soviet Union →
supreme leader of the Soviet Union →
exOfficioControls Soviet armed forces →
Soviet security services →
Soviet state apparatus →
firstHolder Joseph Stalin →
governmentBranch executive power (de facto) →
headquarters Kremlin →
hierarchicalSuperior Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
inception 1922 →
lastHolder Mikhail Gorbachev →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Russian SFSR →
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
nativeLabel Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС →
nativeNameLanguage Russian →
officeCreatedFor Joseph Stalin →
officeHolderTitle General Secretary of the Communist Party self-linksurface differs →
surface form: General Secretary
officeType single-person office →
partOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism →
communism →
politicalSystemContext one-party state →
positionHeldBy Joseph Stalin →
Konstantin Chernenko →
Leonid Brezhnev →
Mikhail Gorbachev →
Nikita Khrushchev →
Vladimir Lenin →
Yuri Andropov →
powerBasis control of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
replacedBy President of the Soviet Union →
residence Moscow →
shortName General Secretary of the CPSU →
significantPeriod Leonid Brezhnev →
surface form: Brezhnev era

Gorbachev era →
Stalin era →
stateIdeologyEnforced state atheism →
symbolicStatus paramount leader of the USSR →

Referenced by (29)

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

Crimean Conference → attendeeRole → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: Soviet Union General Secretary
Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → canElect → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the CPSU (indirectly via Central Committee)
President of the Soviet Union → coexistedWith → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Presidency of the USSR → distinctFrom → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → headOfGovernmentRole → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union → headOfStateTitle → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
BCP → highestOffice → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
subject surface form: Bulgarian Communist Party
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Central Committee
George H. W. Bush–Gorbachev summits → involvesOfficeHolder → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Bulgarian Communist Party → leaderTitle → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary
Romanian Communist Party → leaderTitle → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary
Central Committee → mayElect → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary
Yuri Andropov → officeHeld → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party → officeHolderTitle → General Secretary of the Communist Party self-linksurface differs →
subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: General Secretary
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee → position → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the CPSU
Antonio Gramsci → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of Italy
Konstantin Chernenko → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Dniprodzerzhynsk Metallurgical Technicum → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
subject surface form: Leonid Brezhnev
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Stanislav Kosior → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Yuri Andropov → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR → positionHeldBy → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Uncle Joe → refersToRole → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
President of the Soviet Union → relatedPosition → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party → shortName → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: CCP General Secretary
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia → subordinateTo → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine → subordinateTo → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Head of Government of the Soviet Union → subordinateTo → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Commander-in-Chief → typicallyHeldBy → General Secretary of the Communist Party →
subject surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Soviet Union)
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union