The Central Committee of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1971 until 1976. It elected, at its 1st Plenary Session, the 24th Politburo, the 24th Secretariat and the 24th Party Control Committee of the

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Plenums

The Central Committee was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions. 11 CC plenary sessions were held between the

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and the

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. When the CC was not in session, decision-making power was vested in the internal bodies of the CC itself; that is, the

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and the Secretariat. None of these bodies were permanent either; typically they convened several times a month.

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