The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, abbreviated Politbureau CC CPSS or simply Politbureau, was the highest political body of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and de facto a collective presidency of the USSR.

the highest organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between two congresses.