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The **structure and organization of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was generally designed and implemented by Lenin and his Bolsheviks** after the 1918 Revolution. Under Stalin, the general form of the CPSU was continued and left well on its own; however, **Stalin's role, the General-Secretary of CPSU, became much more powerful** than Lenin had previously theorized. In fact, the term "Gen. Sec. of CPSU" became synonymous with the "leader of the Party" during Stalin's regime.


 * The governing body of the CPSU was called the Party Congress** which would hold a meeting between anywhere from 1 to 5 years. The most significant job of the **Party Congress was to elect a Central Committee**, made up of delegates elected at a Party Congress, which would **theoretically make decisions for the Party between congresses.** The **Central Committee's primary job was to elect the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU (Politburo)**, composed of the top members of the Central Committee. Even though the Politburo's role was theoretically to direct the Party with a mandate only concerning the Party, in reality **it made all the major decisions and oversaw all the operations of the Party**, through the Central COmmittee, Supreme Soviet, and the Party Congress. Although, in theory, the Politburo was elected from below, in practice, the leading members of the Politburo and, of course, Lenin were highly influential in determining the body's composition which, in the end, reflected the weight and competing influence of various individuals within the party, their allies within the Politburo and supporters outside of it. Under Stalin, arguably the most powerful General Secretary of the CPSU, **both the composition of the Politburo and the Central Committee was left to the Gen. Sec.** (which was what ultimately helped Stalin to become the leader of USSR after Lenin's death - Stalin was able to fill the Party with his lackeys).


 * Any organizational hierarchy lower than the previous higher structures of the CPSU** (and various other administrative structures - check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_USSR) **was managed by Party Committess ("partkoms"),** which was headed by the elected "partkom bureau secretary." //Partkoms// were called as such in enterprises and institutions, //obkoms// in zone levels, //raikoms// in district levels, //gorkoms// at city levels.

The **lowest organizational hierarchy of the CPSU was called the "primary party organization" or the "party cell,"** whose condition for existence was the gathering of at least three communists. A party cell was managed by the party bureau, spearheaded by the bureau secretary. Large party cells were headed by the "exempt secretary," while smaller cells would be composed of employees at the respective institution.

Changhoon Ji

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_USSR