Central Committee
of the 15th Congress
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19 December 1927 – 13 July 1930
Leadership
General SecretaryJoseph Stalin
Second SecretaryVyacheslav Molotov
Inner-groupsPolitburo: 9 full & 10 candidates
Secretariat: 8 full & 4 candidates
Orgburo: 16 full & 9 candidates
Candidates
Apparatus
No. of departments11

The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 15th Congress, and sat from 19 December 1927 until 13 July 1930. 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 six CC plenary sessions and two joint CC–Central Control Commission (CCC) plenary sessions were held between the 15th Congress and the 16th 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 19 December 1927 1 day
1st Joint Plenary Session 6–11 April 1928 6 days
2nd Plenary Session 4–12 July 1928 9 days
3rd Plenary Session 16–24 November 1928 9 days
2nd Joint Plenary Session 16–23 April 1929 8 days
4th Plenary Session 29 April 1929 1 day
5th Plenary Session 21 June 1929 1 day
6th Plenary Session 10–17 November 1929 8 days

Apparatus

Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 15th Congress and the 16th 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 15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Institution Leader Cyrillic Took office Left office Length of tenure Nationality Gender
Administrator of Affairs Timofey Samsonov Тимофей Самсонов 19 December 1927 13 July 1930 2 years and 206 days Ukrainian Male
Agitation, Propaganda and Press Department Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий 19 December 1927 19 November 1929 1 year and 335 days Russian Male
Agitation, Propaganda and Press Department Aleksei Stetskii Алексей Стецкий 19 November 1929 1 May 1930 163 days Russian Male
Bolshevik Nikolay Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин 19 December 1927 April 1929 1 year and 103 days Russian Male
Bolshevik Vilhelm Knorin Вильгельм Кнорин 1930 13 July 1930 1 year and 193 days Latvian Male
Culture and Propaganda Department Aleksei Stetskii Алексей Стецкий 1 May 1930 13 July 1930 73 days Russian Male
Information Department Lev Roshal Лев Рошаль 19 December 1927 1928 43 days Jewish[5][6][7] Male
Institute of Red Professors Mikhail Pokrovsky Михаи́л Покро́вский 19 December 1927 13 July 1930 2 years and 206 days Russian Male
Lenin Institute Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov Ива́н Скворцо́в-Степа́нов 19 December 1927 August 1928 256 days Russian Male
Lenin Institute Maximilian Saveliev Максимилиан Савельев August 1928 13 July 1930 1 year and 316 days Russian Male
Party History Department Vacant
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 19 December 1927 20 August 1928 245 days
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Pravda Nikolay Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин 19 December 1927 April 1929 1 year and 103 days Russian Male
Pravda Editorial Board
—
 April 1929 13 July 1930 1 year and 103 days
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Press Department Sergei Gusev Сергей Гусев 19 December 1927 March 1928 103 days Jewish[8] Male
Press Department Nikolay Smirnov Николай Смирнов March 1928 May 1928 60 days Russian Male
Organizational-Distribution Department Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин 19 December 1927 13 July 1930 2 years and 206 days Russian Male
Secret Department Ivan Tovstukha Иван Товстуха 19 December 1927 13 July 1930 2 years and 206 days Ukrainian Male
Statistical Department Yelena Smitten Елена Смиттен 19 December 1927 13 July 1930 2 years and 206 days Belarusian Female
Work in the Countryside Department Karl Bauman Карл Бауман 19 December 1927 13 July 1930 2 years and 206 days Latvian Male
Women's Department Aleksandra Artyukhina Елена Смиттен 19 December 1927 13 July 1930 2 years and 206 days Russian Female

Composition

Members

Members of the Central Committee of the 15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 14th CC 16th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Ivan Akulov Иван Акулов New Not 1888 1937 1907 Russian Male
Andrey Andreyev Андрей Андреев Old Reelected 1895 1971 1914 Russian Male
Nikolay Antipov Николай Антипов Old Reelected 1894 1938 1912 Russian Male
Aleksandra Artyukhina Александра Артюхина Old Not 1889 1969 1910 Russian Female
Aleksei Badayev Алексей Бадаев Old Reelected 1883 1951 1904 Russian Male
Karl Bauman Карл Бауман Old Reelected 1892 1937 1907 Latvian Male
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Andrei Bubnov Андрей Бубнов Old Reelected 1884 1938 1903 Russian Male
Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин Old Reelected 1888 1938 1906 Russian Male
Georgy Chicherin Георгий Чичерин Old Not 1872 1936 1918 Russian Male
Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар Old Reelected 1891 1939 1907 Ukrainian Male
Mikhail Chudov Михаил Чудов Old Reelected 1893 1937 1913 Russian Male
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Alexander Dogadov Александр Догадов Old Candidate 1888 1937 1905 Russian Male
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Yan Gamarnik Ян Гамарник Candidate Reelected 1894 1937 1916 Jewish[9] Male
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Filipp Goloshchyokin Филипп Голощёкин Candidate Reelected 1876 1941 1903 Jewish[10] Male
Ivan Kabakov Иван Кабаков Old Reelected 1891 1937 1914 Russian Male
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Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович Old Reelected 1893 1991 1911 Jewish

[11][12][13]

Male
Mikhail Kalinin Михаил Калинин Old Reelected 1875 1946 1898 Russian Male
Kuprian Kirkizh Куприян Киркиж Old Not 1886 1932 1910 Belarusian Male
Sergey Kirov Серге́й Ки́ров Old Reelected 1886 1934 1904 Russian Male
Vilhelm Knorin Вильгельм Кнорин New Reelected 1890 1938 1910 Latvian Male
Nikolay Kolotilov Николай Колотилов Old Reelected 1885 1937 1903 Russian Male
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Nikolay Komarov Николай Комаров Old Reelected 1886 1937 1909 Russian Male
Joseph Kosior Иосиф Косиор Candidate Reelected 1889 1937 1908 Polish Male
Stanislav Kosior Станислав Косиор Old Reelected 1889 1939 1907 Polish Male
Vasily Kotov Василий Котов Old Not 1885 1937 1915 Russian Male
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Nadezhda Krupskaya Наде́жда Кру́пская New Reelected 1869 1939 1898 Russian Female
Gleb Krzhizhanovsky Глеб Кржижано́вский Old Reelected 1872 1959 1898 Polish-German

[14][a]

Male
Nikolay Kubyak Николай Кубяк Old Reelected 1881 1937 1898 Russian Male
Yegor Kulikov Егор Куликов Old Not 1891 1943 1910 Russian Male
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Valerian Kuybyshev Валериан Куйбышев Old Reelected 1888 1935 1904 Russian Male
Emanuel Kviring Эммануил Квиринг Old Reelected 1888 1937 1912 Volga German Male
Ivan Lepse Иван Лепсе Old Died 1889 1929 1906 Latvian Male
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Semyon Lobov Семён Лобов Old Reelected 1888 1937 1913 Russian Male
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Isidore Lyubimov Исидор Любимов Candidate Reelected 1882 1937 1902 Russian Male
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Dmitry Manuilsky Дмитро Мануїльський Old Reelected 1883 1959 1903 Ukrainian Male
Alexei Medvedev Алексей Медведев Old Not 1884 1937 1904 Russian Male
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky Вячеслав Менжинский New Not 1874 1934 1902 Polish Male
Vasily Mikhailov Василий Михайлов Old Candidate 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
Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин Candidate Reelected 1890 1937 1911 Russian Male
Georgy Oppokov Георгий Оппоков Candidate Reelected 1888 1938 1903 Russian Male a man with a serious demeanour, with tidy hair wearing a blazer, a white shirt and a tie
Mamia Orakhelashvili Мамия Орахелашвили Old Reelected 1888 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
Osip Piatnitsky Осип Пятницкий New Reelected 1882 1938 1898 Jewish[15] Male
Pavel Postyshev Григо́рій Петро́вський Candidate Reelected 1887 1939 1904 Russian Male a man with wavy but well kept hair, bearded, smiling to the camera, wearing a black but stripped suit, a white shirt and a coloured tie
Jānis Rudzutaks Ян Рудзутак Old Reelected 1887 1938 1906 Latvian Male
Moisey Rukhimovich Моисей Рухимович Old Reelected 1889 1937 1913 Jewish[16] Male
Ivan Rumyantsev Иван Румянцев Old Reelected 1886 1937 1905 Russian Male
Alexei Rykov Алексей Рыков Old Reelected 1881 1938 1899 Russian Male
Vasily Schmidt Сергей Чуцкаев Old Candidate 1886 1938 1905 German[17] Male
Isaak Schwartz Исаак Шварц Old Reelected 1879 1951 1899 Jewish[18] Male
Nikolay Shvernik Николай Шверник Old Reelected 1888 1970 1905 Russian Male
Mykola Skrypnyk Микола Скрипник Candidate Reelected 1872 1933 1898 Ukrainian Male
Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov Ива́н Скворцо́в-Степа́нов Old Died 1878 1928 1898 Russian Male
Alexander Smirnov Александр Смирнов Old Reelected 1878 1938 1898 Russian Male
Grigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников Old Candidate 1888 1938 1905 Jewish[19][20] Male
Joseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин Old Reelected 1878 1953 1898 Georgian Male
Aleksei Stetskii Алексей Стецкий New Reelected 1896 1938 1915 Russian Male
Konstantin Strievsky Константин Стриевский Candidate Reelected 1885 1938 1902 Belarusian Male
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Daniil Sulimov Даниил Сулимов Old Reelected 1890 1937 1905 Russian Male
Sergei Syrtsov Сергей Сырцов Candidate Reelected 1893 1937 1913 Russian Male
Aleksandr Tolokontsev Александр Толоконцев Old Reelected 1889 1937 1914 Russian Male
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Mikhail Tomsky Михаил Томский Old Reelected 1880 1936 1904 Russian Male
Alexander Tsiurupa Алекса́ндр Цюру́па Old Died 1870 1928 1898 Ukrainian Male
Fyodor Ugarov Фёдор Угаров Candidate Reelected 1885 1932 1905 Russian Male
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Nikolai Uglanov Николай Угланов Old Not 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
Isaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский Old Reelected 1890 1937 1906 Jewish[21][22] Male
Ivan Zhukov Иван Жуков Old Reelected 1889 1937 1909 Russian Male
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Candidates

Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 14th CC 16th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Pyotr Alexeyev Пётр Алексеев New Member 1893 1937 1914 Russian Male
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Naum Antselovich Наум Анцелович New Not 1888 1952 1905 Jewish[16] Male
Pyotr Baranov Пётр Баранов New Candidate 1892 1933 1912 Russian Male
Nikolai Bryukhanov Николай Брюханов New Candidate 1878 1938 1902 Russian Male
Nikolai Chaplin Николай Чаплин Candidate Candidate 1902 1938 1919 Russian Male
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Sergey Chutskayev Сергей Чуцкаев New Candidate 1876 1944 1903 Russian Male
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Mikhail Chuvyrin Михаил Чувырин New Member 1883 1947 1903 Russian Male
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Robert Eikhe Роберт Эйхе Candidate Member 1890 1940 1906 Latvian Male
Shalva Eliava Шалва Элиава New Candidate 1883 1937 1904 Georgian Male
Konstantin Gey Константин Гей Candidate Candidate 1896 1939 1916 German-Russian[b] Male
Fyodor Gryadinsky Фёдор Грядинский New Candidate 1893 1938 1912 Russian Male
Akmal Ikramov Акмаль Икрамов Candidate Candidate 1898 1938 1918 Uzbek Male
Vladimir Ivanov Владимир Иванов Candidate Candidate 1893 1938 1915 Russian Male
Anna Kalgyna Анна Калыгина Candidate Candidate 1895 1937 1915 Russian Female
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Grigory Kaminsky Григорий Каминский Candidate Candidate 1895 1938 1913 Jewish[23][24] Male
Mendel Khatayevich Мендель Хатаевич New Member 1893 1937 1913 Jewish[16] Male
Aleksei Kiselyov Алексей Киселёв Candidate Candidate 1879 1937 1898 Russian Male
Ivan Klimenko Иван Клименко Candidate Candidate 1891 1937 1912 Russian Male
Ivan Kodatsky Иван Кодацкий Candidate Member 1893 1937 1914 Russian Male
Philemon Kolgushkin Филимон Колгушкин New Removed 1887 1937 1905 Russian Male
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Taras Kondratyev Тарас Кондратьев Candidate Not 1892 1937 1913 Russian Male
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Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий Candidate Candidate 1894 1937 1915 Russian Male
Fyodor Leonov Фёдор Леонов New Member 1892 1938 1914 Russian Male
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Filipp Lokotskov Филипп Локацков New Not 1881 1937 1904 Russian Male
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Vissarion Lominadze Виссарион Ломинадзе Candidate Member 1897 1935 1917 Georgian Male
Solomon Lozovsky Соломон Лозовский New Candidate 1892 1952 1901 Jewish[16] Male
Alexander Markov Александр Марков Candidate Not 1877 1935 1898 Russian Male
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Valery Mezhlauk Валерий Межлаук New Candidate 1893 1938 1917 Latvian Male
Mikhail Mikhailov-Ivanov Михаил Михайлов-Иванов New Candidate 1894 1931 1913 Russian Male
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Levon Mirzoyan Левон Мирзоян New Candidate 1887 1939 1917 Armenian Male
Grigory Melnichansky Григорий Мельничанский Candidate Not 1886 1937 1902 Jewish[25] Male
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Gazanfar Musabekov Газанфар Мусабеков Candidate Candidate 1888 1938 1918 Azerbaijani Male
Klavdiya Nikolayeva Клавдия Николаева Candidate Candidate 1893 1944 1909 Russian Female
Ivan Nosov Иван Носов Candidate Member 1888 1937 1905 Russian Male
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Mikhail Oshvintsev Михаил Ошвинцев New Candidate 1889 1939 1917 Russian Male
Valerian Osinsky Валериан Оболенский Candidate Candidate 1882 1938 1907 Russian Male
Vladimir Polonsky Владимир Полонский Old Candidate 1893 1937 1912 Russian Male
Konstantin Rumyantsev Константин Румянцев Candidate Candidate 1889 1939 1916 Russian Male
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Kuzma Ryndin Кузьма Рындин Candidate Member 1893 1938 1915 Russian Male
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Martemyan Ryutin Мартемья́н Рю́тин New Not 1890 1937 1914 Russian Male
Boris Semenov Борис Семёнов Candidate Candidate 1890 1937 1907 Russian Male
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Alexander Serebrovsky Александр Серебровский Candidate Candidate 1884 1938 1903 Russian Male
Sergey Sobolev Александр Серебровский New Not 1900 1939 1918 Russian Male
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Vasily Stroganov Василий Строганов New Not 1888 1938 1905 Russian Male
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Kirill Sukhomlin Кирилл Сухомлин New Candidate 1886 1938 1905 Russian Male
Anton Tsikhon Антон Цихон New Member 1887 1939 1906 Belausian Male
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Józef Unszlicht Ио́сиф У́ншлихт Candidate Candidate 1879 1938 1907 Jewish[26] Male
Mikhail Uryvayev Михаил Урываев Candidate Candidate 1887 1937 1917 Russian Male
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Iosif Vareikis Иосиф Варейкис Candidate Member 1894 1938 1913 Lithuanian Male
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Andrei Zhdanov Андрей Жданов Candidate Member 1896 1948 1915 Russian Male

References

Notes

  1. ^ His father was Polish and his mother German
  2. ^ His father was German and his mother Russian

General

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the XVth Congress of the CPSU (b) 12.19.1927 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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