Central Committee of the 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Central Committee
of the 14th Congress
← 13th
15th →
31 December 1925 – 19 December 1927
Leadership
General SecretaryJoseph Stalin
Second SecretaryVyacheslav Molotov
Inner-groupsPolitburo: 10 full & 11 candidates
Secretariat: 6 full & 3 candidates
Orgburo: 15 full & 5 candidates
Candidates
Apparatus
No. of departments11

The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 14th Congress, and sat from 31 December 1925 until 19 December 1927. 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, one emergency session, four CC plenary sessions and six joint CC–Central Control Commission (CCC) plenary sessions were held between the 14th Congress and the 15th 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
Emergency Plenary Session 28 December 1925 1 day
1st Plenary Session 1 January 1926 1 day
2nd Plenary Session 6–9 April 1926 4 days
1st Joint Plenary Session 14–23 July 1926 11 days
2nd Joint Plenary Session 23, 26 October 1926 2 days
3rd Joint Plenary Session 3 November 1926 1 day
3rd Plenary Session 7–12 February 1927 6 days
4th Plenary Session 13–16 April 1927 4 days
4th Joint Plenary Session 29 June – 9 August 1927 12 days
5th Joint Plenary Session 21–23 October 1927 3 days
6th Joint Plenary Session 12–14 November 1927 3 days

Apparatus

Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 14th Congress and the 15th 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 14th 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 Yakov Brezanovsky Яков Брезановский 31 December 1925 19 December 1927 1 year and 353 days Jewish[8] Male
Pyotr Guzakov Пётр Гузаков 31 December 1925 19 December 1927 1 year and 353 days Russian Male
Agitation and Propaganda Department Sergei Syrtsov Сергей Сырцов 31 December 1925 27 January 1926 27 days Russian Male
Vilhelm Knorin Вильгельм Кнорин 27 January 1926 May 1927 1 year and 124 days Latvian Male
Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий May 1927 19 December 1927 202 days Russian Male
Bolshevik Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин 31 December 1925 19 December 1927 1 year and 353 days Russian Male
Bureau of the Secretariat Lev Mekhlis Лев Мехлис 31 December 1925 22 January 1926 22 days Jewish[9][10] Male
Ivan Tovstukha Иван Товстуха 22 January 1926 19 March 1926 56 days Ukrainian Male
Central Asian Bureau Isaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский 31 December 1925 19 December 1927 1 year and 353 days Jewish[11][12] Male
Department for Work Among Women (until July 1926)

Department for Worker Women and Peasant Women (from July 1926)

Klavdiya Nikolayeva Клавдия Николаева 31 December 1925 27 January 1926 27 days Russian Female
Aleksandra Artyukhina Александра Артюхина 27 January 1926 19 December 1927 1 year and 326 days Russian Female
Department of Party History Semyon Kanatchikov Семён Канатчиков 31 December 1925 September 1926 273 days Russian Male
Finance Department P. N. Ivanov П. Н. Иванов 31 December 1925 19 December 1927 1 year and 353 days Russian Male
Information Department Lev Roshal Лев Рошаль 31 December 1925 19 December 1927 1 year and 353 days Jewish[13][14][15] Male
Lenin Institute Lev Kamenev Лев Ка́менев 31 December 1925 1926 31 days Jewish-Russian

[16][17][a]

Male
Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov Ива́н Скворцо́в-Степа́нов 1926 19 December 1927 1 year and 322 days Russian Male
North–West Bureau Nikolay Komarov Николай Колотилов 31 December 1925 19 December 1927 1 year and 353 days Russian Male
Organizational and Distribution Department Konstantin Gey Константин Гей 31 December 1925 25 March 1926 84 days Russian Male
Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин 25 March 1926 19 December 1927 1 year and 269 days Russian Male
Press Department Juozas Vareikis Иосиф Варейкис 31 December 1925 January 1926 28 days Lithuanian Male
Vladimir Vasilievsky Владимир Васильевский 28 January 1926 4 March 1926 34 days Russian Male
Sergei Gusev Сергей Гусев March 1926 19 December 1927 1 year and 293 days Jewish[18] Male
Pravda Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин 31 December 1925 19 December 1927 1 year and 353 days Russian Male
Secret Department Ivan Tovstukha Иван Товстуха 19 March 1926 19 December 1927 1 year and 275 days Ukrainian Male
Statistical Department Yelena Smitten Елена Смиттен 31 December 1925 19 December 1927 1 year and 353 days Belarusian Female

Composition

Members

Members of the Central Committee of the 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 13th CC 15th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
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 Candidate Reelected 1889 1969 1910 Russian Female
Aleksei Badayev Алексей Бадаев Candidate Reelected 1883 1951 1904 Russian Male
Karl Bauman Карл Бауман Old Reelected 1892 1937 1907 Latvian Male
—
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 New Reelected 1872 1936 1918 Russian Male
Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар Old Reelected 1891 1939 1907 Ukrainian Male
Mikhail Chudov Михаил Чудов Candidate Reelected 1893 1937 1913 Russian Male
—
Alexander Dogadov Александр Догадов Old Reelected 1888 1937 1905 Russian Male
—
Felix Dzerzhinsky Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский Old Died 1877 1926 1906 Polish Male
Ivan Kabakov Иван Кабаков Candidate Reelected 1891 1937 1914 Russian Male
—
Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович Old Reelected 1893 1991 1911 Jewish

[19][20][21]

Male
Mikhail Kalinin Михаил Калинин Old Reelected 1875 1946 1898 Russian Male
Lev Kamenev Лев Ка́менев Old Not 1883 1936 1901 Jewish-Russian

[22][23][b]

Male
Kuprian Kirkizh Куприян Киркиж Candidate Reelected 1886 1932 1910 Belarusian Male
Sergey Kirov Серге́й Ки́ров Old Reelected 1886 1934 1904 Russian Male
Nikolay Kolotilov Николай Колотилов Old Reelected 1885 1937 1903 Russian Male
—
Nikolay Komarov Николай Колотилов Old Reelected 1886 1937 1909 Russian Male
Stanislav Kosior Станислав Косиор Old Reelected 1889 1939 1907 Polish Male
Vasily Kotov Василий Котов New Reelected 1885 1937 1915 Russian Male
—
Leonid Krasin Леонид Красин Old Died 1870 1926 1898 Russian Male
Gleb Krzhizhanovsky Глеб Кржижано́вский Old Reelected 1872 1959 1898 Polish-German

[24][c]

Male
Nikolay Kubyak Николай Кубяк Old Reelected 1881 1937 1898 Russian Male
Yegor Kulikov Егор Куликов New Reelected 1891 1943 1910 Russian Male
—
Emanuel Kviring Эммануил Квиринг Old Reelected 1888 1937 1912 Volga German Male
Ivan Lepse Иван Лепсе Old Reelected 1889 1929 1906 Latvian Male
—
Semen Lobov Семён Лобов Old Reelected 1888 1937 1913 Russian Male
—
Dmitry Manuilsky Дмитро Мануїльський Old Reelected 1883 1959 1903 Ukrainian Male
Alexei Medvedev Алексей Медведев Old 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
Mamia Orakhelashvili Мамия Орахелашвили Promoted Reelected 1888 1937 1903 Georgian Male
Grigol Ordzhonikidze Григо́рий Орджоники́дзе Old Not 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 Not 1890 1937 1910 Russian Male
Andrey Radchenko Андрей Радченко New Not 1887 1938 1912 Ukrainian Male
—
Christian Rakovsky Христиан Раковский Old Not 1873 1941 1917 Bulgarian Male
Jānis Rudzutaks Ян Рудзутак Old Reelected 1887 1938 1906 Latvian Male
Moisei Rukhimovich Моисей Рухимович Old Reelected 1889 1937 1913 Jewish[25] 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 Candidate Reelected 1886 1938 1905 German[26] Male
Isaak Schwartz Исаак Шварц Old Reelected 1879 1951 1899 Jewish[27] Male
Nikolai Shvernik Николай Шверник New Reelected 1888 1970 1905 Russian Male
Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov Ива́н Скворцо́в-Степа́нов New Reelected 1878 1928 1898 Russian Male
Ivar Smilga Ивар Смилга Candidate Not 1892 1938 1907 Latvian Male
Alexander Smirnov Александр Смирнов Old Reelected 1878 1938 1898 Russian Male
Grigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников Old Reelected 1888 1938 1905 Jewish[28][29] Male
Joseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин Old Reelected 1878 1953 1898 Georgian Male
Daniil Sulimov Даниил Сулимов Old Reelected 1890 1937 1905 Russian Male
Aleksandr Tolokontsev Александр Толоконцев Candidate Reelected 1889 1937 1914 Russian Male
—
Mikhail Tomsky Михаил Томский Old Reelected 1880 1936 1904 Russian Male
Leon Trotsky Лев Тро́цкий Old Removed 1879 1940 1917 Jewish[30][31] 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 Removed 1884 1936 1903 Russian Male
Isaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский Old Reelected 1890 1937 1906 Jewish[32][33] Male
Ivan Zhukov Иван Жуков New Reelected 1889 1937 1909 Russian Male
—
Grigory Zinoviev Григо́рий Зино́вьев Old Not 1883 1936 1901 Jewish[34][35] Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 13th CC 15th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Ivan Avdeev Иван Авдеев New Removed 1877 1936 1901 Russian Male
—
Nikolai Chaplin Николай Чаплин Candidate Candidate 1902 1938 1919 Russian Male
—
Robert Eikhe Роберт Эйхе New Candidate 1890 1940 1906 Latvian Male
Yan Gamarnik Ян Гамарник New Member 1894 1937 1916 Jewish[36] Male
—
Konstantin Gey Константин Гей Candidate Candidate 1896 1939 1916 Russian Male
Filipp Goloshchyokin Филипп Голощёкин Candidate Member 1876 1941 1903 Jewish[37] Male
Akmal Ikramov Акмаль Икрамов New Candidate 1898 1938 1918 Uzbek Male
Vladimir Ivanov Владимир Иванов New Candidate 1893 1938 1915 Russian Male
Anna Kalgyna Анна Калыгина New Candidate 1895 1937 1915 Russian Female
—
Grigory Kaminsky Григорий Каминский New Candidate 1895 1938 1913 Jewish[38][39] Male
Aleksei Kiselyov Алексей Киселёв New Candidate 1879 1937 1898 Russian Male
Ivan Klimenko Иван Клименко New Candidate 1891 1937 1912 Russian Male
Ivan Kodatsky Иван Кодацкий New Candidate 1893 1937 1914 Russian Male
Taras Kondratyev Тарас Кондратьев New Candidate 1892 1937 1913 Russian Male
—
Joseph Kosior Иосиф Косиор New Member 1889 1937 1908 Polish Male
Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий Candidate Candidate 1894 1937 1915 Russian Male
Mikhail Lashevich Александр Криницкий Member Removed 1884 1937 1901 Jewish[40][41] Male
Vissarion Lominadze Виссарион Ломинадзе New Candidate 1897 1935 1917 Georgian Male
Sargis Lukashin Сергей Лукашин New Not 1883 1937 1905 Armenian Male
Isidore Lyubimov Исидор Любимов New Member 1882 1937 1902 Russian Male
—
Alexander Markov Александр Марков Candidate Candidate 1877 1935 1898 Russian Male
—
Dmitry Matveyev Дмитрий Матвеев New Not 1900 1937 1920 Russian Male
—
Grigory Melnichansky Григорий Мельничанский New Candidate 1886 1937 1902 Jewish[42] Male
—
Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин Candidate Member 1890 1937 1911 Russian Male
Gazanfar Musabekov Газанфар Мусабеков New Candidate 1888 1938 1918 Azerbaijani Male
Klavdiya Nikolayeva Клавдия Николаева Member Candidate 1893 1944 1909 Russian Female
Ivan Nosov Иван Носов New Candidate 1888 1937 1905 Russian Male
—
Georgy Oppokov Георгий Оппоков New Member 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 Candidate Promoted 1888 1937 1903 Georgian Male
Valerian Osinsky Валериан Оболенский New Candidate 1882 1938 1907 Russian Male
Pavel Postyshev Григо́рій Петро́вський New Member 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
Konstantin Rumyantsev Константин Румянцев Candidate Candidate 1889 1939 1916 Russian Male
—
Kuzma Ryndin Кузьма Рындин Candidate Candidate 1893 1938 1915 Russian Male
—
Boris Semenov Борис Семёнов New Candidate 1890 1937 1907 Russian Male
—
Alexander Serebrovsky Александр Серебровский New Candidate 1884 1938 1903 Russian Male
Mykola Skrypnyk Микола Скрипник Candidate Member 1872 1933 1898 Ukrainian Male
Konstantin Strievsky Константин Стриевский Candidate Member 1885 1938 1902 Belarusian Male
—
Sergei Syrtsov Сергей Сырцов Candidate Member 1893 1937 1913 Russian Male
Fyodor Ugarov Фёдор Угаров New Member 1885 1932 1905 Russian Male
—
Józef Unszlicht Ио́сиф У́ншлихт New Candidate 1879 1938 1907 Jewish[43] Male
Mikhail Uryvayev Михаил Урываев New Candidate 1887 1937 1917 Russian Male
—
Iosif Vareikis Иосиф Варейкис Candidate Candidate 1894 1938 1913 Lithuanian Male
—
Andrei Zhdanov Андрей Жданов New Candidate 1896 1948 1915 Russian Male

Notes

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

References

General

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the XIV th Congress of the CPSU (b) 12.31.1925 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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