General Secretary of the Communist Party

E1272

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.

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position
political office
abolished 1991
appliesToJurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
appointedBy Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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 Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
nativeLabel Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС
nativeNameLanguage Russian
officeCreatedFor Joseph Stalin
officeHolderTitle 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 Brezhnev era
linked to: Leonid Brezhnev

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (49)

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

Soviet Union headOfStateTitle General Secretary of the Communist Party
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union officeHolderTitle General Secretary
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Uncle Joe refersToRole General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Mikhail Gorbachev positionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev positionHeld General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Romanian Communist Party leaderTitle General Secretary
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union headOfGovernmentRole General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Bulgarian Communist Party leaderTitle General Secretary
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee position General Secretary of the CPSU
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Yuri Andropov positionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Yuri Andropov officeHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Konstantin Chernenko positionHeld Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Stanislav Kosior positionHeld Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Crimean Conference attendeeRole Soviet Union General Secretary
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
George H. W. Bush–Gorbachev summits involvesOfficeHolder General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Presidency of the USSR distinctFrom General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR positionHeldBy General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party shortName CCP General Secretary
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Central Committee mayElect General Secretary
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union canElect General Secretary of the CPSU (indirectly via Central Committee)
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Antonio Gramsci positionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of Italy
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
President of the Soviet Union relatedPosition General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
President of the Soviet Union coexistedWith General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia subordinateTo General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev positionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Head of Government of the Soviet Union subordinateTo General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Soviet Union) typicallyHeldBy General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject linked to: Supreme Commander-in-Chief
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Bulgarian Communist Party highestOffice General Secretary of the Central Committee
subject linked to: BCP
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine subordinateTo General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet realPowerResidedIn General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union reportsTo General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Mikhail Gorbachev positionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject linked to: Virganskaya
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev positionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject linked to: Leonid
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Anna Dmitrievna Lyubimova spousePositionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Konstantin Chernenko positionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject linked to: Vladimir Chernenko
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) deFactoAppointer General Secretary of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union reportsTo General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union relatedPosition General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union subordinateTo General Secretary
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Helsinki Summit of 1990 hasParticipantRole General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
office of General Secretary of the CPSU shortName General Secretary of the CPSU
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
office of General Secretary of the CPSU typicalOfficeHolderTitle General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev positionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject linked to: Anatoly Virgansky
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
First Secretary of the Central Committee relatedOffice General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Brezhnev speech to the Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party speakerPosition General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union subordinateTo General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union relatedTo General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
candidate member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union associatedWith General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Defense Council of the USSR headedBy General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party