Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee

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The Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee was the key administrative body of the Soviet Communist Party responsible for overseeing day-to-day party operations, implementing policies, and managing the party bureaucracy across the USSR.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
party administrative body
controlled appointments to key state and economic positions
party nomenklatura system
country Soviet Union
existedInPoliticalSystem one-party socialist state of the USSR
function centralized control over party cadres
coordination between central and regional party bodies
implementation of five-year plans in the party sphere
monitoring ideological conformity within the party
governanceStructure collective leadership of secretaries
hasPart CPSU Central Committee departments
apparat of the CPSU Central Committee
headquartersLocation Moscow
historicalContext Soviet era
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
jurisdiction entire territory of the USSR
language Russian
partOf Central Committee of the CPSU
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
politicalAlignment ruling party of the Soviet Union
position General Secretary of the CPSU
Secretaries of the CPSU Central Committee
department heads of the CPSU Central Committee
relatedTo CPSU Central Committee Plenum
Orgburo of the CPSU
Politburo of the CPSU
role control over party personnel assignments
coordination of party departments
execution of Politburo and Central Committee decisions
implementation of party policies
management of party bureaucracy across the USSR
oversight of day-to-day party operations
preparation of materials for the Politburo
supervision of lower-level party organizations
significance key administrative center of the Soviet party-state system
sphereOfActivity ideological work
organizational work
politics
public administration
status defunct organization
subordinateTo Central Committee of the CPSU
Politburo of the CPSU
typeOfOrganization central party apparatus
usedFor centralized management of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee ("Secretaries of the CPSU Central Committee")
position
Andrei Zhdanov ("Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU")
positionHeld
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
secretariat
CPSU Central Committee departments
subordinateTo

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