Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (or Politburo, Russian: политбюро, IPA: [pəlʲɪtbʲʊˈro]; abbreviated: Russian: политбюро ЦК КПСС) was the highest policy-making authority within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[1]
It was founded in October 1917, and refounded in March 1919, at the 8th Congress of the Bolshevik Party. It was known as the Presidium from 1952 to 1966. The Politburo ended in 1991 when the Soviet Union broke-up.[1]
Politburo Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union Media
Excerpt of protocol of Politburo meeting of 17 January 1940 noting the decision to put 457 persons on trial and to execute 346 of them with the rest (111) being sent to the Gulags
Portraits of Soviet Politburo members at a demonstration in honour of October Revolution anniversary, November 7, 1976, Leningrad
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Politburo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
