General Secretary of the CPSU (TheodoresTomfooleries)
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
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Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС | |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
Style | Comrade General Secretary (Informal) |
Type | Party leader |
Status | De-facto leader |
Abbreviation | General Secretary of the CPSU |
Member of | Politburo of the CPSU Secretariat of the CPSU |
Reports to | CPSU |
Residence | Kremlin Senate |
Seat | Kremlin, Moscow |
Appointer | Central Committee of the CPSU |
Precursor | Position created |
Formation | 3 April, 1922 |
First holder | Joseph Stalin |
Succession | hi |
Unofficial names | Gensek |
The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Генеральный секретарь ЦК КПСС; tr. General'nyy sekretar' TSK KPSS]) is the party leader of the CPSU and de-facto considered the leader of the Soviet Union.