AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 1
The small group of senior Communist Party leaders that made the most important political decisions in the Soviet Union.
Revise: Stalin the DictatorIn 1929, he lost his place in the Politburo.
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GCSE History · key term
The small senior leadership body of the Communist Party that made major policy decisions.
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Paper 1
The small group of senior Communist Party leaders that made the most important political decisions in the Soviet Union.
Revise: Stalin the DictatorIn 1929, he lost his place in the Politburo.
Paper 3
The small committee of senior Communist Party leaders in which major political decisions became concentrated.
For a question covering 1924–28, explain Stalin’s attack on Bukharin in 1928; Bukharin’s removal from the Politburo followed in 1929.
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The Politburo, a small committee of senior party leaders, became the main centre of political decision-making. Its growing authority reduced the influence of the larger Central Committee and of Sovnarkom, the council of government ministers. Meanwhile, the soviets lost power to the Communist Party.
The Communist Party’s senior policy-making committee.
The senior leadership body of the Chinese Communist Party.