24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Appearance
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The 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was convened in Moscow from 30 March to 9 April 1971. The Congress brought together 4,963 delegates, with 102 foreign delegations from 91 countries as observers.[1]
The Congress agenda consisted of:
- The Report of the CPSU Central Committee delivered by General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
- The Report of the Central Auditing Commission of the CPSU delivered by G. Sizov, Chairman of the Auditing Commission.
- The Report on the Directives for the Five-Year Economic Development Plan of the USSR for 1971-1975 delivered by A. Kosygin, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers.
- Elections of central Party organs.[2]
The 24th Congress was to have authorized implementation of Victor Glushkov's OGAS information network plan, but ultimately endorsed only expansion of local information management systems.[3]
References
- ^ Davies, Dave (July 1971). "The CPSU in Congress". Australian Left Review: 28. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ Okulov & Vladimir Turadzhev, Rostislav (1971). The 24th CPSU Congress: Socialism in Action. Moscow: Novosti. pp. 8–9.
- ^ Gerovitch, Slava (December 2008). "InterNyet: why the Soviet Union did not build a nationwide computer network" (PDF). History and Technology. 24 (4): 335–50. doi:10.1080/07341510802044736. ISSN 0734-1512.