General Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
| Общий отдел ЦК КПСС | |
 | |
| Formation | September 1920 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | August 1991 |
| Type | Department directly reporting to the Central Committee |
| Headquarters | Staraya Square, Moscow, Russian SFSR[1] |
Director | Pavel Laptev (last) |
Parent organization | Central Committee of the CPSU |
The General Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was a department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union that oversaw the paperwork of all Central Committee institutions.
Heads[edit]
- Office of the Presidium
- Nikolai Smirnov (12 September 1920 – 20 August 1922)
- Hamayak Nazaretyan (20 August 1922 – 1 November 1924)
- Lev Mekhlis (1 November 1924 – 22 January 1926)
- Ivan Tovstukha (22 January 1926 – 16 July 1930)
- Alexander Poskrebyshev (16 July 1930 – 15 August 1952)
- Dmitri Sukhanov (15 August 1952 – 20 February 1955)
- General Department
- Vladimir Malin (20 February 1955 – 30 August 1965)
- Konstantin Chernenko (30 August 1965 – 12 November 1982)
- Klavdii Bogolyubov (12 November 1982 – 24 May 1985)
- Anatoly Lukyanov (24 May 1985 – 17 January 1987)
- Valery Boldin (17 January 1987 – 3 May 1991)
- Pavel Laptev (3 May 1991 – 29 August 1991)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Аппарат ЦК КПСС в 1953—1985 годах как пример «закрытого» общества". magazines.russ.ru. The Journal Hall in RJ. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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