Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
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Central Committee
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Meeting hall of the 12th Party Congress
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25 April 1923 – 31 May 1924
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Candidates | |
Leadership | |
General Secretary | Joseph Stalin |
Second Secretary | Vyacheslav Molotov |
Inner-groups |
Politburo
: 7 full & 4 candidates
Secretariat : 6 members Orgburo : 9 full & 5 candidates |
The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 12th Congress , and sat from 25 April 1923 until 31 May 1924. The CC 1st Plenary Session renewed the composition of the Politburo , Secretariat and the Organizational Bureau (OB) of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) .
Plenums
The CC was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions , of which ten CC plenary sessions and one joint CC– Central Control Commission (CCC) plenary sessions were held between the 12th Congress and the 13th Congress . When the CC was not in session, decision-making powers were transferred to inner bodies of the CC itself; the Politburo , Secretariat and Orgburo (none of these bodies were permanent either, but convened several times a months). [1]
Plenum | Date | Length |
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1st Plenary Session | 26 April 1923 | 1 day |
2nd Plenary Session | 26–27 June 1923 | 2 days |
3rd Plenary Session | 4 July 1923 | 1 day |
4th Plenary Session | 23–25 September 1923 | 3 days |
Joint Plenary Session | 25–27 October 1923 | 3 days |
5th Plenary Session | 14–15 January 1924 | 2 days |
6th Plenary Session | 21–22 January 1924 | 2 days |
7th Plenary Session | 29, 31 January 1924 | 2 days |
8th Plenary Session | 3 February 1924 | 1 day |
9th Plenary Session | 31 March – 2 April 1924 | 3 days |
10th Plenary Session | 21 May 1924 | 1 day |
Apparatus
Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 12th Congress and the 13th Congress . [2] The bureaus and departments were supervised by the Secretariat, and each secretary (member of the Secretariat) supervised a specific department. [3] The leaders of departments were officially referred to as Heads, while the titles of bureau leaders varied between chairman, first secretary and secretary. [4]
Institution | Leader | Cyrillic | Took office | Left office | Length of tenure | Nationality | Gender |
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Accounting and Distribution Department | Vilhelm Knorin | Вильге́льм Кно́рин | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Latvian | Male |
Agitation and Propaganda Department | Andrei Bubnov | Андрей Бубнов | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Male |
Bolshevik | Nikolai Bukharin | Никола́й Буха́рин | 3 January 1924 | 31 May 1924 | 149 days | Russian | Male |
Central Asian Bureau | Jānis Rudzutaks | Ян Рудзутак | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Latvian | Male |
Chief Administrator | Ivan Ksenofontov | Иван Ксенофонтов | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Male |
Chief Administrator | Alexander Poskrebyshev | Александр Поскрёбышев | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Male |
Far Eastern Bureau | Nikolai Kubyak | Николай Кубяк | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Male |
Finance Department | M.I. Ruski | М. И. Раскин | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Male |
North-West Bureau | Ivan Moskvin | Иван Москвин | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Male |
Organizational-Instruction Department | Lazar Kaganovich | Лазарь Каганович | 25 April 1923 | 27 July 1923 | 93 days | Russian | Male |
Organizational-Instruction Department | Ivan Korotkov | Иван Коротков | 27 July 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 309 days | Russian | Male |
Party History Department | Mikhail Olminsky | Михаил Ольминский | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Male |
Pravda | Nikolai Bukharin | Никола́й Буха́рин | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Male |
Press Department | Yakov Yakovlev | Я́ков Я́ковлев | February 1924 | 31 May 1924 | 120 days | Russian | Male |
Siberian Bureau | Stanislav Kosior | Станислав Косиор | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Polish | Male |
South-East Bureau | Anastas Mikoyan | Анастас Микоян | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Armenian | Male |
Statistical Department | Stanislav Strumilin | Станисла́в Струми́лин | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Male |
Ural Bureau | Moisei Kharitonov | Моисей Харитонов | 25 April 1923 | 1923 | 250 days | Russian | Male |
Women's Department | Sofia Smidovich | Софья Смидович | 25 April 1923 | 31 May 1924 | 1 year and 36 days | Russian | Female |
Composition
Members
Name | Cyrillic | 11th CC | 13th CC | Birth | Death | PM | Nationality | Gender | Portrait |
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Andrey Andreyev | Андрей Андреев | Old | Reelected | 1895 | 1971 | 1914 | Russian | Male |
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Nikolai Bukharin | Никола́й Буха́рин | Old | Reelected | 1888 | 1938 | 1906 | Russian | Male |
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Vlas Chubar | Влас Чубар | Old | Reelected | 1891 | 1939 | 1907 | Ukrainian | Male |
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Felix Dzerzhinsky | Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский | Old | Reelected | 1877 | 1926 | 1906 | Polish | Male |
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Grigory Evdokimov | Григорий Евдокимов | New | Reelected | 1884 | 1936 | 1903 | Russian | Male |
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Mikhail Frunze | Михаил Фрунзе | Old | Reelected | 1885 | 1925 | 1904 | Russian | Male |
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Mikhail Kalinin | Михаил Калинин | Old | Reelected | 1875 | 1946 | 1898 | Russian | Male |
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Lev Kamenev | Лев Ка́менев | Old | Reelected | 1883 | 1936 | 1901 | Russian | Male |
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Moisei Kharitonov | Моисей Харитонов | New | Reelected | 1887 | 1938 | 1905 | Russian | Male |
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Sergey Kirov | Серге́й Ки́ров | Candidate | Reelected | 1886 | 1934 | 1904 | Russian | Male |
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Nikolay Komarov | Николай Комаров | Candidate | Reelected | 1886 | 1937 | 1909 | Russian | Male |
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Ivan Korotkov | Иван Коротков | Old | Not | 1885 | 1949 | 1905 | Russian | Male |
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Nikolai Kubyak | Николай Кубяк | New | Not | 1881 | 1937 | 1898 | Russian | Male |
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Emanuel Kviring | Эммануил Квиринг | New | Reelected | 1888 | 1937 | 1912 | Volga German | Male |
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Mikhail Lashevich | Александр Криницкий | New | Reelected | 1884 | 1937 | 1901 | Russian | Male |
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Vladimir Lenin | Владимир Ленин | Old | Died | 1870 | 1924 | 1898 | Russian | Male |
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Dmitry Manuilsky | Дмитро Мануїльський | Candidate | Reelected | 1883 | 1959 | 1903 | Ukrainian | Male |
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Vasily Mikhailov | Василий Михайлов | Candidate | Reelected | 1894 | 1937 | 1915 | Russian | Male |
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Anastas Mikoyan | Анастас Микоян | Candidate | Reelected | 1895 | 1978 | 1915 | Armenian | Male |
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Vyacheslav Molotov | Вячеслав Молотов | Old | Reelected | 1890 | 1986 | 1906 | Russian | Male |
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Grigol Ordzhonikidze | Григо́рий Орджоники́дзе | Old | Reelected | 1886 | 1937 | 1903 | Georgian | Male |
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Grigory Petrovsky | Григо́рій Петро́вський | Old | Reelected | 1878 | 1958 | 1898 | Ukrainian | Male |
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Georgy Pyatakov | Юрій П'ятаков | Candidate | Reelected | 1890 | 1937 | 1910 | Russian | Male |
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Karl Radek | Карл Радек | Old | Not | 1885 | 1939 | 1903 | Lithuanian | Male |
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Christian Rakovsky | Христиан Раковский | Old | Reelected | 1873 | 1941 | 1917 | Bulgarian | Male |
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Jānis Rudzutaks | Ян Рудзутак | Old | Reelected | 1887 | 1938 | 1905 | Latvian | Male |
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Alexei Rykov | Алексей Рыков | Old | Reelected | 1881 | 1938 | 1899 | Russian | Male |
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Alexander Smirnov | Александр Смирнов | Old | Reelected | 1878 | 1938 | 1898 | Russian | Male |
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Grigori Sokolnikov | Григорий Сокольников | Old | Reelected | 1888 | 1938 | 1905 | Ukrainian | Male |
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Joseph Stalin | Ио́сиф Ста́лин | Old | Reelected | 1878 | 1953 | 1898 | Georgian | Male |
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Daniil Sulimov | Даниил Сулимов | Candidate | Reelected | 1890 | 1937 | 1905 | Russian | Male |
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Mikhail Tomsky | Михаил Томский | Old | Reelected | 1880 | 1936 | 1904 | Russian | Male |
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Leon Trotsky | Лев Тро́цкий | Old | Reelected | 1879 | 1940 | 1917 | Russian | Male |
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Alexander Tsiurupa | Алекса́ндр Цюру́па | New | Reelected | 1870 | 1928 | 1898 | Ukrainian | Male |
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Nikolai Uglanov | Николай Угланов | New | Reelected | 1886 | 1937 | 1907 | Russian | Male |
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Konstantin Ukhanov | Константин Уханов | New | Reelected | 1891 | 1937 | 1907 | Russian | Male |
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Kliment Voroshilov | Климент Ворошилов | Old | Reelected | 1881 | 1969 | 1903 | Russian | Male |
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Isaak Zelensky | Исаак Зеленский | Old | Reelected | 1890 | 1937 | 1906 | Russian | Male |
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Pyotr Zalutsky | Петро Залуцький | New | Reelected | 1887 | 1937 | 1907 | Russian | Male |
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Grigory Zinoviev | Григо́рий Зино́вьев | Old | Reelected | 1883 | 1936 | 1901 | Russian | Male |
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Candidates
Name | Cyrillic | 11th CC | 13th CC | Birth | Death | PM | Nationality | Gender | Portrait |
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Aleksei Badayev | Алексей Бадаев | Candidate | Candidate | 1883 | 1951 | 1904 | Russian | Male |
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Andrei Bubnov | Андрей Бубнов | Candidate | Member | 1884 | 1938 | 1903 | Russian | Male |
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Mikhail Chudov | Михаил Чудов | New | Candidate | 1893 | 1937 | 1913 | Russian | Male |
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Lazar Kaganovich | Лазарь Каганович | New | Member | 1893 | 1991 | 1911 | Russian | Male |
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Nikolay Kolotilov | Николай Колотилов | New | Member | 1885 | 1937 | 1903 | Russian | Male |
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Stanislav Kosior | Станислав Косиор | New | Member | 1889 | 1939 | 1907 | Polish | Male |
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Dmitry Lebed | Дмитрий Лебедь | Candidate | Not | 1893 | 1937 | 1909 | Russian | Male |
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Ivan Lepse | Иван Лепсе | Candidate | Not | 1889 | 1929 | 1904 | Latvian | Male |
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Alexander Miasnikian | Александр Мясников | New | Candidate | 1886 | 1925 | 1906 | Armenian | Male |
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Ivan Morozov | Иван Морозов | New | Candidate | 1889 | 1957 | 1908 | Russian | Male |
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Ivan Moskvin | Иван Москвин | New | Candidate | 1890 | 1937 | 1911 | Russian | Male |
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Nariman Narimanov | Нарима́нов Нарима́н | New | Candidate | 1870 | 1925 | 1905 | Azerbaijani | Male |
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Mamia Orakhelashvili | Мамия Орахелашвили | New | Candidate | 1888 | 1937 | 1903 | Georgian | Male |
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Ivan Rumyantsev | Иван Румянцев | New | Member | 1886 | 1937 | 1905 | Russian | Male |
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Turar Ryskulov | Турар Рыскулов | New | Not | 1894 | 1938 | 1917 | Kazakh | Male |
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Mykola Skrypnyk | Микола Скрипник | New | Candidate | 1872 | 1933 | 1898 | Ukrainian | Male |
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Mikhail Uryvayev | Михаил Урываев | New | Candidate | 1887 | 1937 | 1917 | Russian | Male |
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References
General
Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee of the XIIth Congress of the RCP (B) 25/4/1923 members" reference), the Central Committee full- and candidate membership, Politburo membership, Secretariat membership and Orgburo membership were taken from these sources:
- Staff writer . "Съезды, конференции, пленумы и заседания РСДРП – РСДРП(б) – РКП(б) – ВКП(б) – КПСС" [ Congresses, conferences, plenary meetings and meetings of the RSDLP – RSDLP (b) – RCP (b) – AUCP (b) – CPSU ] (in Russian). knowbysight.info . Retrieved 22 August 2015 .
- Staff writer . "Персональный состав Центрального комитета РСДРП – РСДРП(б) – РКП(б) – ВКП(б) – КПСС" [ Membership of the Central Committee of the RSDLP – RSDLP (b) – RCP (b) – AUCP (b) – CPSU ] (in Russian). knowbysight.info . Retrieved 22 August 2015 .
- Staff writer . "Центральный Комитет, избранный XII-м съездом РКП(б) 25.4.1923, члены" [ The Central Committee of the XIIth Congress of the RCP (B) 25/4/1923 members ] (in Russian). knowbysight.info . Retrieved 22 August 2015 .
- Staff writer (19 June 2008). "ЕВРЕИ И ВЛАСТЬ В РОССИИ (1917-1924 гг.)" [ Jews and Power in Russia (1917–1924 biennum) ] (in Russian). LDN - приватное собрание книг . Retrieved 22 August 2015 .
- Staff writer . "Узкий состав ЦК РСДРП(б) – Политическое бюро ЦК РСДРП(б)—Бюро ЦК РСДРП(б) – РКП(б)—Политическое бюро ЦК РКП(б) – ВКП(б)—Президиум – Политическое бюро ЦК КПСС" [ The narrow composition of the RSDLP (b)—Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (B)—The Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) – RCP (B)—Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) – AUCP (b)—the Presidium – Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU ] (in Russian) . Retrieved 21 June 2015 .
- Staff writer . "Секретариат ЦК РСДРП - РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - КПСС" [ Secretariat of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) – RCP (b) – AUCP (b) – CPSU ] (in Russian) . Retrieved 21 June 2015 .
- Staff writer . "Организационное бюро РКП(б) - ВКП(б)" [ Organizational Bureau of the RCP (b) – AUCP (b) ] (in Russian) . Retrieved 21 June 2015 .
Bibliography
- Fainsod, Merle ; Hough, Jerry F. (1979). How the Soviet Union is Governed . Harvard University Press . ISBN 9780674410305 .
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1984). "Chapter 3: Statute of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union". In Simons, Williams; White, Stephens (eds.). The Party Statutes of the Communist World . Law in Eastern Europe. Brill Publishers . pp. 413–435. ISBN 9024729750 .
Sources
- ↑ Simons & White 1984 , pp. 423–425.
- ↑ Fainsod & Hough 1979 , p. 410.
- ↑ Fainsod & Hough 1979 , pp. 410–411 & 417–419.
- ↑ Fainsod & Hough 1979 , pp. 417–419.