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Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (born 1917)

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Sharof Rashidov

Soviet Uzbek politician

Sharof Rashidovich Rashidov was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1959 until his death in 1983. During his tenure the Uzbek SSR saw considerable economic growth and had a very high degree of autonomy from the rest of the…
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Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

De facto supreme political authority

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, abbreviated as Politburo, was the de facto highest executive authority in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). While elected by and formally accountable to the Central Committee,…
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