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The ruling party of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union: the Bolsheviks under a new name, from March 1918 to 1991.
8 Mar 1918 – 1991
Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The ruling party of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union: the Bolsheviks under a new name, from March 1918 to 1991.
8 Mar 1918
The Bolsheviks became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Renamed the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
1922 – 5 Mar 1953
Joseph Stalin, head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. General Secretary.
1927–1939
Nadezhda Krupskaya, member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Member of the Central Committee.
Sep 1953 – 14 Oct 1964
Nikita Khrushchev, head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. First Secretary.
14 Oct 1964 – 10 Nov 1982
Leonid Brezhnev, head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. First Secretary (General Secretary from April 1966).
Mar 1985 – Aug 1991
Mikhail Gorbachev, head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. General Secretary of the Communist Party.
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