The 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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took place in Moscow

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, RSFSR

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 between 29 March and 8 April 1966. It was the first Congress during Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

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's leadership of the Party and state. The position of First Secretary (held by Brezhnev) was renamed back to General Secretary

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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, which had been its name from 1922 to 1952.

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

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, Gennady Voronov

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, Andrei Kirilenko

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, Alexei Kosygin, Kirill Mazurov

Kirill Mazurov

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, Arvid Pelshe, Nikolai Podgorny

Nikolai Podgorny

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, Dmitry Polyansky

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, Mikhail Suslov

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, Alexander Shelepin

Alexander Shelepin

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 and Petro Shelest

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 were elected full members of the Politburo

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, while Viktor Grishin

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, Pyotr Demichev

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, Dinmukhamed Konayev, Pyotr Masherov

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, Vasil Mzhavanadze

Vasil Mzhavanadze

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, Sharof Rashidov, Dmitriy Ustinov

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 and Volodymyr Shcherbytsky

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were elected candidate members.