17th Politburo
10 February 1934 – 22 March 1939
Leadership
General SecretaryJoseph Stalin
Second SecretaryVyacheslav Molotov (Jul.– Dec. 1930)
Lazar Kaganovich (1930–1934)
Politburo12 full & 9 candidates
Secretariat6 members
Orgburo12 full & 2 candidates
Portraits of the 1934 Politburo

The Politburo of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) was in session from 1934 to 1939.

Composition

Members

Members of the Politburo of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
[1]
Name Cyrillic 16th POL 18th POL Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender Portrait
Andrey Andreyev Андрей Андреев Old Reelected 1895 1971 1914 Russian Male
Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар Promoted Relieved 1891 1939 1907 Ukrainian Male Vlas Chubar
Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович Old Reelected 1893 1991 1911 Jewish Male
Mikhail Kalinin Михаил Калинин Old Reelected 1875 1946 1898 Russian Male Mikhail Kalinin
Sergey Kirov Серге́й Ки́ров Old Murder 1886 1934 1904 Russian Male
Stanislav Kosior Станислав Косиор Old Arrested 1889 1939 1907 Polish Male Stanislav Kosior
Valerian Kuybyshev Валериан Куйбышев Old Died 1888 1935 1904 Russian Male Valerian Kuybyshev
Anastas Mikoyan Анаста́с Микоя́н Promoted Reelected 1895 1978 1915 Armenian Male
Vyacheslav Molotov Вячеслав Молотов Old Reelected 1890 1986 1906 Russian Male
Grigol Ordzhonikidze Григо́рий Орджоники́дзе Old Suicide 1886 1937 1903 Georgian Male
Joseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин Old Reelected 1878 1953 1898 Georgian Male
Kliment Voroshilov Климент Ворошилов Old Reelected 1881 1969 1903 Russian Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Politburo of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
[1]
Name Cyrillic 16th POL 18th POL Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender Portrait
Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар Candidate Promoted 1891 1939 1907 Ukrainian Male Vlas Chubar
Robert Eikhe Роберт Эйхе By-election Arrested 1890 1940 1905 Latvian Male
Nikita Khrushchev Никита Хрущёв By-election Member 1894 1971 1918 Russian Male
Anastas Mikoyan Анаста́с Микоя́н Candidate Promoted 1895 1978 1915 Armenian Male
Grigory Petrovsky Григо́рій Петро́вський Candidate Not 1878 1958 1898 Ukrainian Male Grigory Petrovsky
Pavel Postyshev Григо́рій Петро́вський New Relieved 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 Demoted Relieved 1887 1938 1905 Latvian Male Jānis Rudzutaks
Nikolai Yezhov Николай Ежов By-election Not 1895 1940 1917 Russian-

Lithuanian[2][3][a]

Male
Andrei Zhdanov Андрей Жданов By-election Member 1896 1948 1915 Russian Male Andrei Zhdanov

References

  1. ^ a b "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" [Narrow composition of the Central Committee of the RSDLP(b) - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) - Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) - RCP (b) - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) - CPSU (b) - Presidium - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU]. Knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Interrogations of Nikolai Ezhov, former People's Commissar for Internal Affairs". Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. ^ Jansen, Mark and Petrov, Nikita (2002). Stalin's Loyal Executioner: People's Commissar Nikolai Ezhov, 1895-1940. Hoover Institution Press. pp. 2 and 201.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Notes

  1. ^ His father was Russian and his mother Lithuanian
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