Central Committee
of the 13th Congress
← 12th
14th →
2 June 1924 – 31 December 1925
Leadership
General SecretaryJoseph Stalin
Second SecretaryVyacheslav Molotov
Inner-groupsPolitburo: 7 full & 6 candidates
Secretariat: 7 full & 3 candidates
Orgburo: 12 full & 6 candidates
Candidates
Apparatus
No. of departments11

The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 13th Congress, and sat from 2 June 1924 until 31 December 1925. The CC 1st Plenary Session renewed the composition of the Politburo, Secretariat and the Organizational Bureau (OB) of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

Plenums

The CC was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions, of which nine CC plenary sessions and one joint CC–Central Control Commission (CCC) plenary sessions were held between the 13th Congress and the 14th 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 2 June 1924 1 day
2nd Plenary Session 16–20 June 1924 5 days
3rd Plenary Session 25–27 October 1924 3 days
Joint Plenary Session 17 January 1925 1 day
4th Plenary Session 17–20 January 1925 4 days
5th Plenary Session 23 April 1925 1 day
6th Plenary Session 30 April 1925 1 day
7th Plenary Session 3–10 October 1925 8 days
8th Plenary Session 12–14 November 1925 3 days
9th Plenary Session 15 December 1925 1 day

Apparatus

Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 13th Congress and the 14th 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 13th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)[5][6][7]
Institution Leader Cyrillic Took office Left office Length of tenure Nationality Gender
Administrator of Affairs Pyotr Guzakov Пётр Гузаков 2 June 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 212 days Russian Male
Agitation and Propaganda Department Sergei Syrtsov Сергей Сырцов 2 June 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 212 days Russian Male
Bolshevik Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин 2 June 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 212 days Russian Male
Bureau of the Secretariat Lev Mekhlis Лев Мехлис November 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 31 days Jewish[8][9] Male
Central Asian Bureau Isaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский 2 June 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 212 days Jewish[10][11] Male
Department for Work Among Women Klavdiya Nikolayeva Клавдия Николаева 2 June 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 212 days Russian Female
Department of Party History Mikhail Olminsky Михаил Ольминский 2 June 1924 31 December 1924 212 days Russian Male
Semyon Kanatchikov Семён Канатчиков 1 January 1925 31 December 1925 364 days Russian Male
Far Eastern Bureau Nikolai Kubiak Николай Кубяк 2 June 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 212 days Russian Male
Finance Department P. N. Ivanov П. Н. Иванов 2 June 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 212 days Russian Male
Information Department Vilhelm Knorin Вильгельм Кнорин 2 June 1924 8 July 1925 1 year and 36 days Latvian Male
Lev Roshal Лев Рошаль 8 July 1925 31 December 1925 176 days Jewish[12][13][14] Male
Lenin Institute Lev Kamenev Лев Ка́менев 2 June 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 212 days Jewish-Russian

[15][16][a]

Male
Organizational and Distribution Department Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович 2 June 1924 27 October 1924 147 days Jewish

[17][18][19]

Male
Nikolay Antipov Николай Антипов 27 October 1924 27 July 1925 273 days Russian Male
Konstantin Gey Константин Гей 27 July 1925 31 December 1925 157 days Russian Male
Pravda Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин 2 June 1924 27 October 1924 147 days Russian Male
Press Department Semyon Kanatchikov Семён Канатчиков 2 June 1924 27 October 1924 147 days Russian Male
Juozas Vareikis Иосиф Варейкис 27 October 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 65 days Lithuanian Male
Provisional Byelorussian Bureau Aleksandr Osatkin Александр Асаткин 2 June 1924 31 December 1925 1 year and 212 days Russian Male
Siberian Bureau Stanislav Kosior Станислав Косиор 2 June 1924 27 October 1924 147 days Polish Male
South-East Bureau Anastas Mikoyan Анастас Микоян 2 June 1924 27 October 1924 147 days Armenian Male

Composition

Members

Members of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 12th CC 14th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Andrey Andreyev Андрей Андреев Old Reelected 1895 1971 1914 Russian Male
Nikolay Antipov Николай Антипов New Reelected 1894 1938 1912 Russian Male
Andrei Bubnov Андрей Бубнов Old Reelected 1884 1938 1903 Russian Male
Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин Old Reelected 1888 1938 1906 Russian Male
Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар Old Reelected 1891 1939 1907 Ukrainian Male
Alexander Dogadov Александр Догадов New Reelected 1888 1937 1905 Russian Male
—
Felix Dzerzhinsky Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский Old Reelected 1877 1926 1906 Polish Male
Mikhail Frunze Михаил Фрунзе Old Died 1885 1925 1904 Romanian-Russian

[20][21][b]

Male
Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович Candidate Reelected 1893 1991 1911 Jewish

[22][23][24]

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

[15][16][c]

Male
Moisei Kharitonov Моисей Харитонов Old Not 1887 1938 1905 Jewish[25] Male
Sergey Kirov Серге́й Ки́ров Old Reelected 1886 1934 1904 Russian Male
Nikolay Kolotilov Николай Колотилов Candidate Reelected 1885 1937 1903 Russian Male
—
Nikolay Komarov Николай Комаров Old Reelected 1886 1937 1909 Russian Male
Stanislav Kosior Станислав Косиор Candidate Reelected 1889 1939 1907 Polish Male
Leonid Krasin Леонид Красин New Reelected 1870 1926 1898 Russian Male
Gleb Krzhizhanovsky Глеб Кржижано́вский New Reelected 1872 1959 1898 Polish-German

[26][d]

Male
Nikolay Kubyak Николай Кубяк Old Reelected 1881 1937 1898 Russian Male
Alexander Kuklin Александр Куклин New Not 1876 1936 1903 Russian Male
—
Emanuel Kviring Эммануил Квиринг Old Reelected 1888 1937 1912 Volga German Male
Mikhail Lashevich Михаил Лашевич Old Candidate 1894 1937 1901 Jewish[27][28] Male
Ivan Lepse Иван Лепсе Candidate Reelected 1889 1929 1906 Latvian Male
—
Semyon Lobov Семён Ло́бов New Reelected 1888 1937 1913 Russian Male
—
Dmitry Manuilsky Дмитро Мануїльський Old Reelected 1883 1959 1903 Ukrainian Male
Alexei Medvedev Алексей Медведев New Reelected 1884 1937 1904 Russian Male
Vasily Mikhailov Василий Михайлов Old Reelected 1894 1937 1915 Russian Male
Anastas Mikoyan Анастас Микоян Old Reelected 1895 1978 1915 Armenian Male
Vyacheslav Molotov Вячеслав Молотов Old Reelected 1890 1986 1906 Russian Male
Klavdiya Nikolayeva Клавдия Николаева New Candidate 1893 1944 1909 Russian Female
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 Old Reelected 1890 1937 1910 Russian Male
Christian Rakovsky Христиан Раковский Old Reelected 1873 1941 1917 Bulgarian Male
Jānis Rudzutaks Ян Рудзутак Old Reelected 1887 1938 1906 Latvian Male
Moisey Rukhimovich Моисей Рухимович New Reelected 1889 1937 1913 Jewish[29] Male
Ivan Rumyantsev Иван Румянцев Candidate Reelected 1886 1937 1905 Russian Male
Alexei Rykov Алексей Рыков Old Reelected 1881 1938 1898 Russian Male
Isaak Schwartz Исаак Шварц New Reelected 1879 1951 1899 Jewish[30] Male
Alexander Smirnov Александр Смирнов Old Reelected 1878 1938 1898 Russian Male
Grigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников Old Reelected 1888 1938 1905 Jewish[10][31] Male
Joseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин Old Reelected 1878 1953 1898 Georgian Male
Daniil Sulimov Даниил Сулимов Old 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[28][32] Male
Alexander Tsiurupa Алекса́ндр Цюру́па Old Reelected 1870 1928 1898 Ukrainian Male
Nikolai Uglanov Николай Угланов Old Reelected 1886 1937 1907 Russian Male
Konstantin Ukhanov Константин Уханов Old Reelected 1891 1937 1907 Russian Male
Kliment Voroshilov Климент Ворошилов Old Reelected 1881 1969 1903 Russian Male
Grigory Yevdokimov Григорий Евдокимов Old Reelected 1884 1936 1903 Russian Male
Isaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский Old Reelected 1890 1937 1906 Jewish[10][33] Male
Pyotr Zalutsky Петро Залуцький Old Reelected 1887 1937 1907 Russian Male
Grigory Zinoviev Григо́рий Зино́вьев Old Reelected 1883 1936 1901 Jewish[16][34] Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 12th CC 14th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Aleksandra Artyukhina Александра Артюхина New Member 1889 1969 1910 Russian Female
Aleksei Badayev Алексей Бадаев Candidate Member 1883 1951 1904 Russian Male
Nikolai Chaplin Николай Чаплин New Candidate 1902 1938 1919 Russian Male
—
Mikhail Chudov Михаил Чудов Candidate Member 1893 1937 1913 Russian Male
—
Konstantin Gey Константин Гей New Candidate 1896 1939 1916 Russian Male
Nikolai Glebov-Avilov Николай Глебов-Авиловй New Not 1887 1937 1904 Russian Male
Filipp Goloshchyokin Филипп Голощёкин New Candidate 1876 1941 1903 Jewish[35] Male
Andriy Ivanov Андрей Иванов New Not 1891 1937 1906 Russian Male
Vasily Ivanov Василий Иванов New Not 1885 1938 1917 Russian Male
—
Ivan Kabakov Иван Кабаков New Member 1891 1937 1914 Russian Male
—
Kuprian Kirkizh Куприян Киркиж New Member 1886 1932 1910 Belarusian Male
Georgy Korostelov Георгий Коростелёв New Not 1885 1932 1905 Russian Male
—
Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий New Candidate 1894 1937 1915 Russian Male
Alexander Markov Александр Марков New Candidate 1877 1935 1898 Russian Male
—
Alexander Miasnikian Александр Мясников Candidate Died 1886 1925 1906 Armenian Male
Ivan Morozov Иван Морозов Candidate Not 1889 1959 1908 Russian Male
—
Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин Candidate Candidate 1890 1937 1911 Russian Male
Nariman Narimanov Нарима́нов Нарима́н Candidate Died 1870 1925 1905 Azerbaijani Male
Mamia Orakhelashvili Мамия Орахелашвили Candidate Candidate 1888 1937 1903 Georgian Male
Abdullo Rakhimbayev Абдулло Рахимбаев New Not 1896 1938 1919 Uzbek Male
Konstantin Rumyantsev Константин Румянцев New Candidate 1889 1939 1916 Russian Male
—
Kuzma Ryndin Кузьма Рындин New Candidate 1893 1938 1915 Russian Male
—
Georgy Safarov Георгий Сафаров New Not 1891 1942 1908 Armenian-Polish

[36]

Male
Vasily Schmidt Василий Шмидт New Member 1886 1938 1905 German[37] Male
Mykola Skrypnyk Микола Скрипник Candidate Candidate 1872 1933 1898 Ukrainian Male
Ivar Smilga Ивар Смилга New Member 1892 1938 1907 Latvian Male
Konstantin Strievsky Константин Стриевский New Candidate 1885 1938 1902 Belarusian Male
—
Sergei Syrtsov Сергей Сырцов New Candidate 1893 1937 1913 Russian Male
Aleksandr Tolokontsev Александр Толоконцев New Member 1889 1937 1914 Russian Male
—
Viktoria Tseitlin Виктория Цейтлин New Not 1888 1937 1904 Russian Female
—
Mikhail Uryvayev Михаил Урываев Candidate Candidate 1887 1937 1917 Russian Male
—
Iosif Vareikis Иосиф Варейкис New Candidate 1894 1938 1913 Lithuanian Male
—
Miron Vladimirov Мирон Владимиров New Died 1879 1925 1903 Jewish[38] Male
Sergey Zorin Сергей Зорин New Not 1891 1937 1917 Jewish[39] Male

References

General

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the XIII th Congress of the RCP (B) 31/5/1924 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 Jewish and his mother Russian
  2. ^ His father was Romanian and his mother Russian
  3. ^ His father was Jewish and his mother Russian
  4. ^ His father was Polish and his mother German
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