Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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party leadership position political office

The Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was a top-ranking leadership post that effectively served as the deputy to the General Secretary and a key coordinator of party affairs in the Soviet state.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union canonical	2
Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union	1
Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU	1
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1708842 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Context triple: [Mikhail Suslov, positionHeld, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]

A. First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
The First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was a high-ranking Soviet state office that served as one of the principal deputies to the USSR’s collective head of state, assisting in overseeing the work of the Presidium and performing representative and executive functions.
B. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was the formal head of state of the Soviet Union, holding largely ceremonial authority while real power resided in the Communist Party leadership.
C. First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine was the top political leader of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, effectively serving as its de facto head of state within the Soviet Union’s one-party system.
D. First Secretary of the Komsomol of the Karelo-Finnish SSR
The First Secretary of the Komsomol of the Karelo-Finnish SSR was the top regional leader of the Soviet Communist youth organization in the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, responsible for directing youth political education and party activities there.
E. Head of Government of the Soviet Union
The Head of Government of the Soviet Union was the chief executive authority of the Soviet state, leading the Council of People's Commissars (and later the Council of Ministers) and overseeing national policy and administration.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Target entity description: The Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was a top-ranking leadership post that effectively served as the deputy to the General Secretary and a key coordinator of party affairs in the Soviet state.

A. First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
The First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was a high-ranking Soviet state office that served as one of the principal deputies to the USSR’s collective head of state, assisting in overseeing the work of the Presidium and performing representative and executive functions.
B. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was the formal head of state of the Soviet Union, holding largely ceremonial authority while real power resided in the Communist Party leadership.
C. First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine was the top political leader of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, effectively serving as its de facto head of state within the Soviet Union’s one-party system.
D. First Secretary of the Komsomol of the Karelo-Finnish SSR
The First Secretary of the Komsomol of the Karelo-Finnish SSR was the top regional leader of the Soviet Communist youth organization in the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, responsible for directing youth political education and party activities there.
E. Head of Government of the Soviet Union
The Head of Government of the Soviet Union was the chief executive authority of the Soviet state, leading the Council of People's Commissars (and later the Council of Ministers) and overseeing national policy and administration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	party leadership position ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToOrganization	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
appointedBy	Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
associatedWith	Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ linked to: Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee
category	Communist Party of the Soviet Union positions ⓘ Soviet political offices ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
domain	Soviet politics ⓘ party administration ⓘ
function	assistance to the General Secretary in managing the party apparatus ⓘ coordination of party affairs ⓘ
governingBody	Central Committee ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	deputy to the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
influences	implementation of economic and political plans ⓘ selection and supervision of party cadres ⓘ
jurisdiction	Soviet state and party structures ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Russian ⓘ
officeHolderRank	top-ranking leadership post ⓘ
organizationalUnit	Central Committee Secretariat ⓘ linked to: Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee
partOf	Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
politicalContext	centralized party control over the Soviet state ⓘ
politicalLevel	national ⓘ
politicalSystem	one-party socialist state ⓘ
powerStatus	high-ranking ⓘ
relatedPosition	First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
reportsTo	General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party
responsibleFor	coordination between party and state institutions ⓘ day-to-day management of party affairs ⓘ implementation of Central Committee decisions ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	entire Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union union-wide ⓘ
seat	Kremlin ⓘ Moscow ⓘ
subordinateTo	General Secretary ⓘ linked to: General Secretary of the Communist Party Politburo ⓘ linked to: Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
titleInRussian	Второй секретарь ЦК КПСС ⓘ
typeOfRole	executive party role ⓘ
usedInCentury	20th century ⓘ
usedInPeriod	Soviet era ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Mikhail Suslov → positionHeld → Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Mikhail Suslov → positionHeld → Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ

linked to: Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Georgy Malenkov → positionHeld → Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU ⓘ

linked to: Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine → relatedPosition → Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Yegor Ligachev → positionHeld → Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ

linked to: Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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