Soviet Union
Title: Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (NLKP Keskkomitee peasekretär) (1940 - 1991)
- Joseph Stalin (1940 - 1953)
- Lavrenty Beria (1953)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1953 - 1964)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1964 - 1982)
- Yuri Andropov (1982 - 1984)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1984 - 1985)
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1985 - 1991)
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Famous quotes by soviet union:
“Nothing an interested foreigner may have to say about the Soviet Union today can compare with the scorn and fury of those who inhabit the ruin of a dream.”
—Christopher Hope (b. 1944)
“If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the James Monroe Doctrine for the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine: Let’s all go to bed wearing the perfume we like best.”
—Carlos Fuentes (b. 1928)
“Today he plays jazz; tomorrow he betrays his country.”
—Stalinist slogan in the Soviet Union (1920s)
“If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“In the Soviet Union everything happens slowly. Always remember that.”
—A.N. (Arkady N.)