Back السكرتير العام للحزب الشيوعي السوفيتي Arabic Secretariu Xeneral del Partíu Comunista de la Xunión Soviética AST Генеральны сакратар ЦК КПСС Byelorussian Генерален секретар на ЦК на КПСС Bulgarian সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়নের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টির সাধারণ সম্পাদক Bengali/Bangla Generalni sekretar Komunističke partije Sovjetskog Saveza BS Secretari general del Partit Comunista de la Unió Soviètica Catalan Generální tajemník Komunistické strany Sovětského svazu Czech ССКП ТК Тĕп секретарĕ CV Generalsekretærer i Sovjetunionens kommunistiske parti Danish
| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
|---|---|
| Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС | |
 Emblem of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| Central Committee of the Communist Party | |
| Style | Comrade General Secretary (informal) |
| Type | Party leader |
| Status | Country leader |
| Member of | and Secretariat |
| Residence | Kremlin Senate[1] |
| Seat | Kremlin, Moscow |
| Appointer | Central Committee |
| Term length | Life tenure |
| Formation | 3 April 1922 |
| First holder | Joseph Stalin |
| Final holder | Vladimir Ivashko (acting) |
| Abolished | 29 August 1991 |
| Superseded by | Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties |
| Deputy | Second Secretary |
| Salary | 10,000 Rbls annually |
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union[a] was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). From 1924 until the country's dissolution in 1991, the officeholder was the recognized leader of the Soviet Union.[2][3] Prior to Joseph Stalin's accession, the position was not viewed as an important role in Vladimir Lenin's government[4][5] and previous occupants had been responsible for technical rather than political decisions.[6]
Officially, the General Secretary solely controlled the Communist Party directly.[dubious – discuss] However, since the party had a monopoly on political power, the General Secretary de facto had executive control of the Soviet government. Because of the office's ability to direct both the foreign and domestic policies of the state and preeminence over the Soviet Communist Party, it was the de facto highest office of the Soviet Union.
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- ^ McDermott, Kevin (23 January 2006). Stalin: Revolutionary in an Era of War. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-230-20478-2.
- ^ Zemtsov 2001, p. 132.
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