Leningrad Regional Party Committee

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Soviet political organization regional committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Leningrad Regional Party Committee was a key Soviet Communist Party body in the city of Leningrad that became notorious for its leaders’ persecution and purge during the postwar “Leningrad Affair.”

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)	2

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet political organization ⓘ regional committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
associatedWith	Georgy Malenkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lavrentiy Beria NERFINISHED ⓘ postwar political purges in the Soviet Union ⓘ
controlled	appointments of key industrial and cultural leaders in Leningrad ⓘ regional economic planning through party channels ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolutionCause	collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ
function	cadre appointment and promotion in Leningrad region ⓘ ideological supervision of regional institutions ⓘ oversight of party policy implementation in Leningrad region ⓘ political control over local soviets and administration ⓘ
governs	Leningrad Oblast party organizations ⓘ Leningrad city party organizations NERFINISHED ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel	regional ⓘ
historicalContext	post–World War II Soviet politics ⓘ
historicalReputation	site of major postwar intra-party purge ⓘ
ideologicalRole	propaganda and agitation in Leningrad region ⓘ
jurisdiction	party affairs in Leningrad and surrounding region ⓘ
languageOfWork	Russian ⓘ
location	Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Leningrad Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Leningrad Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLeader	Aleksei Kuznetsov NERFINISHED ⓘ Andrei Zhdanov NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Voznesensky NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyotr Popkov NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	CPSU regional party organization network ⓘ Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalOrientation	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
replacedBy	regional branches of post-Soviet political institutions ⓘ
role	highest party authority in Leningrad and Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
significance	symbol of center–periphery tensions in late Stalinism ⓘ
subdivision	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervisedBy	Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Soviet era ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	party committee ⓘ
victimOf	Leningrad Affair purges NERFINISHED ⓘ Stalinist political repression ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) → governingBody → Leningrad Regional Party Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) → partOf → Leningrad Regional Party Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Leningrad Affair → participant → Leningrad Regional Party Committee ⓘ