27th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 27th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 27th Central Committee in the aftermath of the 27th Congress.

27th Politburo

26th Politburo ← →  28th Politburo
Duration	6 March 1986 – 14 July 1990

List of members

Candidate members Name (birth–death) Took office Left office Duration Pyotr Demichev (1917–2010) 6 March 1986[1] 30 September 1988[2] 2 years, 208 days Vladimir Dolgikh (1924–2020) 6 March 1986[1] 30 September 1988[2] 2 years, 208 days Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007) 6 March 1986[1] 18 February 1988[3] 1 year, 349 days Nikolay Slyunkov (born 1929) 6 March 1986[1] 26 June 1987[4] 1 year, 112 days Sergey Sokolov (1911–2012) 6 March 1986[1] 26 June 1987 1 year, 112 days Nikolai Talyzin (1929–1991) 6 March 1986[1] 20 September 1989 3 years, 198 days Yuri Solovyev (1925–2011) 6 March 1986[1] 20 September 1989[5] 3 years, 198 days Alexander Yakovlev (1923–2005) 28 January 1987[6] 26 June 1987[4] 149 days Dmitry Yazov (1924–2020) 26 June 1987[4] July 1990[7] Yuri Maslyukov (1937–2010) 18 February 1988[8] 20 September 1989 1 year, 214 days Georgy Razumovsky (born 1936) 18 February 1988[8] 14 July 1990 2 years, 146 days Alexandra Biryukova (1929–2008) 30 September 1988[2] 14 July 1990 1 year, 287 days Alexander Vlasov (1932–2002) 30 September 1988[2] 14 July 1990 1 year, 287 days Anatoly Lukyanov (1930–2019) 30 September 1988[2] 14 July 1990 1 year, 287 days Yevgeny Primakov (1929–2015) 20 September 1989 14 July 1990 297 days Boris Pugo (1937–1991) 20 September 1989 14 July 1990 297 days

Full members Name (birth–death) Took office Left office Duration Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003) 6 March 1986[1] 21 October 1987 1 year, 229 days Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926–2012) 6 March 1986[1] 14 July 1990 4 years, 130 days Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931) 6 March 1986[1] 14 July 1990 4 years, 130 days Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989) 6 March 1986[1] 30 September 1988[2] 2 years, 208 days Lev Zaykov (1923–2002) 6 March 1986[1] 14 July 1990 4 years, 130 days Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912–1993) 6 March 1986[1] 28 January 1987 328 days Yegor Ligachev (born 1920) 6 March 1986[1] 14 July 1990 4 years, 130 days Nikolai Ryzhkov (born 1929) 6 March 1986[1] 14 July 1990 4 years, 130 days Mikhail Solomentsev (1913–2008) 6 March 1986[1] 30 September 1988[2] 2 years, 208 days Viktor Chebrikov (1923–1999) 6 March 1986[1] 20 September 1989[5] 3 years, 198 days Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014) 6 March 1986[1] 14 July 1990 4 years, 130 days Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918–1990) 6 March 1986[1] 20 September 1989[5] 3 years, 198 days Alexander Yakovlev (1923–2005) 26 June 1987[4] 14 July 1990 3 years, 18 days Viktor Nikonov (1929–1993) 26 June 1987[4] 20 September 1989[5] 2 years, 86 days Nikolay Slyunkov (born 1929) 26 June 1987[4] 1990 Vadim Medvedev (born 1929) 30 September 1988[2] 14 July 1990 1 year, 287 days Yuri Maslyukov (1937–2010) 20 September 1989[5] 14 July 1990 297 days Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924–2007) 20 September 1989[5] 14 July 1990 297 days Vladimir Ivashko (1932–1994) 9 December 1989 14 July 1990 217 days

References

1. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Soviet Analysis (April 1986). "The 27th CPSU Congress: Gorbachev's Unfinished Business – An Intelligence Assessment". CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room. p. 3, Figure 2: CPSU Politburo and Secretariat. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
2. Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. pp. 363–364. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
3. Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 324. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
4. Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. pp. 307. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
5. Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 393. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
6. Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. pp. 302–303. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.
7. "Dmitry Yazov". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
8. Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. 348. ISBN 0-8157-3060-8.