General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (through Yuri Andropov)

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The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the highest leadership post in the Soviet state, serving as the de facto head of government and the most powerful political position in the USSR.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
associatedIdeology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
controls Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
deFactoPower supreme authority over party and state ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition highest office in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
influences Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
jurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
nativeName Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Russian ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
Yuri Andropov ⓘ
officeHolder Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Konstantin Chernenko ⓘ
Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
Yuri Andropov ⓘ
officeHolderThroughYuriAndropov Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
Yuri Andropov ⓘ
politicalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
politicalSystemContext one‑party socialist state ⓘ
powerBasis control of the Communist Party apparatus ⓘ
leadership of the Politburo ⓘ
relatedOffice Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
President of the Soviet Union ⓘ
role de facto leader of the Soviet Union ⓘ
head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
most powerful political position in the USSR ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
shortName General Secretary of the CPSU ⓘ
symbolOf party leadership in the USSR ⓘ
typicalResidence Moscow ⓘ

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Tatyana Andropova → spousePositionHeld → General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (through Yuri Andropov) ⓘ