Partorg (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Partorg (Russian: ), an abbreviation for the "party organizer of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union" ( ) was a person appointed by the CPSU Central Committee to work at important places: larger plants, construction sites, kolkhozes, institutions, etc. The position was introduced in 1933. The duties of a partorg were political work and supervision of the execution of plans in production, procurement, etc. Usually they were recommended to be elected secretaries of the bureaus of local partkoms. Informally, the terms "partorg" and "partkom secretary" were used interchangeably.