23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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1966 commemorative stamp.

The 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union took place in Moscow, RSFSR between 29 March and 8 April 1966. It was the first Congress during Leonid Brezhnev's leadership of the Party and state.

Brezhnev, Voronov, Kirilenko, Kosygin, Mazurov, Pelshe, Podgorny, Polyansky, Suslov, Shelepin and Shelest were elected full members of the Politburo, while Grishin, Demichev, Kunayev, Masherov, Mzhavanadze, Sharof Rashidov, Ustinov and Shcherbitsky were elected candidate members.

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• Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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