Central Committee
of the 12th Congress
← 11th
13th →
25 April 1923 – 31 May 1924
Leadership
General SecretaryJoseph Stalin
Second SecretaryVyacheslav Molotov
Inner-groupsPolitburo: 7 full & 4 candidates
Secretariat: 6 members
Orgburo: 9 full & 5 candidates
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]

Plenary sessions of the Central Committee
Plenum Date Length
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]

Central Committee Apparatus of the 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)[5][6][7]
Institution Leader Cyrillic Took office Left office Length of tenure Nationality Gender
Accounting and Distribution Department Vilhelm Knorin Вильге́льм Кно́рин 25 April 1923 31 May 1924 1 year and 36 days Latvian Male
Administrator of Affairs Ivan Ksenofontov Иван Ксенофонтов 25 April 1923 31 May 1924 1 year and 36 days Greek[8] 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
Bureau of the Secretariat — — — — — — —
Central Asian Bureau Jānis Rudzutaks Ян Рудзутак 25 April 1923 31 May 1924 1 year and 36 days Latvian Male
Department for Work Among Women Sofia Smidovich Софья Смидович 25 April 1923 31 May 1924 1 year and 36 days Russian Female
Department of Party History Mikhail Olminsky Михаил Ольминский 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
Head of the Administration of Central Committee Affairs Alexander Poskrebyshev Александр Поскрёбышев 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 and Instructional Department Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович 25 April 1923 27 July 1923 93 days Jewish[9][10][11] Male
Ivan Korotkov Иван Коротков 27 July 1923 31 May 1924 309 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 Jewish[12] 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 Jewish[13] Male

Composition

Members

Members of the Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 11th CC 13th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Andrey Andreyev Андрей Андреев Old Reelected 1895 1971 1914 Russian Male
Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин Old Reelected 1888 1938 1906 Russian Male
Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар Old Reelected 1891 1939 1907 Ukrainian Male
Felix Dzerzhinsky Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский Old Reelected 1877 1926 1906 Polish Male
Mikhail Frunze Михаил Фрунзе Old Reelected 1885 1925 1904 Romanian-Russian

[14][15][a]

Male
Mikhail Kalinin Михаил Калинин Old Reelected 1875 1946 1898 Russian Male
Lev Kamenev Лев Ка́менев Old Reelected 1883 1936 1901 Jewish-Russian

[16][17][b]

Male
Moisei Kharitonov Моисей Харитонов New Reelected 1887 1938 1905 Jewish[13] Male
Sergey Kirov Серге́й Ки́ров Candidate Reelected 1886 1934 1904 Russian Male
Nikolay Komarov Николай Комаров Candidate Reelected 1886 1937 1909 Russian Male
Ivan Korotkov Иван Коротков Old Not 1885 1949 1905 Russian Male
—
Nikolai Kubyak Николай Кубяк New Not 1881 1937 1898 Russian Male
Emanuel Kviring Эммануил Квиринг New Reelected 1888 1937 1912 Volga German Male
Mikhail Lashevich Александр Криницкий New Reelected 1884 1937 1901 Jewish[18][19] Male
Vladimir Lenin Владимир Ленин Old Died 1870 1924 1898 Russian Male
Dmitry Manuilsky Дмитро Мануїльський Candidate Reelected 1883 1959 1903 Ukrainian Male
Vasily Mikhailov Василий Михайлов Candidate Reelected 1894 1937 1915 Russian Male
Anastas Mikoyan Анастас Микоян Candidate Reelected 1895 1978 1915 Armenian Male
Vyacheslav Molotov Вячеслав Молотов Old Reelected 1890 1986 1906 Russian Male
Grigol Ordzhonikidze Григо́рий Орджоники́дзе Old Reelected 1886 1937 1903 Georgian Male
Grigory Petrovsky Григо́рій Петро́вський Old Reelected 1878 1958 1898 Ukrainian Male a bearded man with wavy hair, wearing glasses and what seems to be a suit, a white tie, and a black and white dotted shirt
Georgy Pyatakov Юрій П'ятаков Candidate Reelected 1890 1937 1910 Russian Male
Karl Radek Карл Радек Old Not 1885 1939 1903 Jewish[19][20] Male
Christian Rakovsky Христиан Раковский Old Reelected 1873 1941 1917 Bulgarian Male
Jānis Rudzutaks Ян Рудзутак Old Reelected 1887 1938 1905 Latvian Male
Alexei Rykov Алексей Рыков Old Reelected 1881 1938 1899 Russian Male
Alexander Smirnov Александр Смирнов Old Reelected 1878 1938 1898 Russian Male
Grigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников Old Reelected 1888 1938 1905 Jewish[21][22] Male
Joseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин Old Reelected 1878 1953 1898 Georgian Male
Daniil Sulimov Даниил Сулимов Candidate Reelected 1890 1937 1905 Russian Male
Mikhail Tomsky Михаил Томский Old Reelected 1880 1936 1904 Russian Male
Leon Trotsky Лев Тро́цкий Old Reelected 1879 1940 1917 Jewish[19][23] Male
Alexander Tsiurupa Алекса́ндр Цюру́па New Reelected 1870 1928 1898 Ukrainian Male
Nikolai Uglanov Николай Угланов New Reelected 1886 1937 1907 Russian Male
Konstantin Ukhanov Константин Уханов New Reelected 1891 1937 1907 Russian Male
Kliment Voroshilov Климент Ворошилов Old Reelected 1881 1969 1903 Russian Male
Grigory Yevdokimov Григорий Евдокимов New Reelected 1884 1936 1903 Russian Male
Isaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский Old Reelected 1890 1937 1906 Jewish[22][24] Male
Pyotr Zalutsky Петро Залуцький New Reelected 1887 1937 1907 Russian Male
Grigory Zinoviev Григо́рий Зино́вьев Old Reelected 1883 1936 1901 Jewish[17][25] Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 11th CC 13th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Aleksei Badayev Алексей Бадаев Candidate Candidate 1883 1951 1904 Russian Male
Andrei Bubnov Андрей Бубнов Candidate Member 1884 1938 1903 Russian Male
Mikhail Chudov Михаил Чудов New Candidate 1893 1937 1913 Russian Male
—
Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович New Member 1893 1991 1911 Jewish[9][10][11] Male
Nikolay Kolotilov Николай Колотилов New Member 1885 1937 1903 Russian Male
—
Stanislav Kosior Станислав Косиор New Member 1889 1939 1907 Polish Male
Dmitry Lebed Дмитрий Лебедь Candidate Not 1893 1937 1909 Russian Male
Ivan Lepse Иван Лепсе Candidate Not 1889 1929 1904 Latvian Male
—
Alexander Miasnikian Александр Мясников New Candidate 1886 1925 1906 Armenian Male
Ivan Morozov Иван Морозов New Candidate 1889 1957 1908 Russian Male
—
Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин New Candidate 1890 1937 1911 Russian Male
Nariman Narimanov Нарима́нов Нарима́н New Candidate 1870 1925 1905 Azerbaijani Male
Mamia Orakhelashvili Мамия Орахелашвили New Candidate 1888 1937 1903 Georgian Male
Ivan Rumyantsev Иван Румянцев New Member 1886 1937 1905 Russian Male
Turar Ryskulov Турар Рыскулов New Not 1894 1938 1917 Kazakh Male
Mykola Skrypnyk Микола Скрипник New Candidate 1872 1933 1898 Ukrainian Male
Mikhail Uryvayev Михаил Урываев New Candidate 1887 1937 1917 Russian Male
—

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:

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Notes

  1. ^ His father was Romanian and his mother Russian
  2. ^ His father was Jewish and his mother Russian
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