Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Central Committee
of the 7th Congress
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8 March 1918 – 23 March 1919
Inner-groupsPolitburo: 5 full & 2 candidates
Secretariat: 2 members
Orgburo: 3 members
Candidates

The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 7th Congress, and sat from 8 March 1918 until 23 March 1919. The CC 1st Plenary Session renewed the composition of the Bureau, Secretariat and the Organizational Bureau (OB) of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

Plenary sessions

Plenary sessions of the Central Committee
Plenum Date Length
1st Plenary Session 8 March 1918 1 day
2nd Plenary Session 15 March 1918 1 day
3rd Plenary Session 30 March 1918 1 day
4th Plenary Session 31 March 1918 1 day
5th Plenary Session 31 March 1918 1 day
6th Plenary Session 4 April 1918 1 day
7th Plenary Session 7 April 1918 1 day
8th Plenary Session 26 April 1918 1 day
9th Plenary Session 3 May 1918 1 day
10th Extraordinary Plenary Session 6 May 1918 1 day
11th Plenary Session 10 May 1918 1 day
12th Plenary Session 13 May 1918 1 day
13th Plenary Session 18 May 1918 1 day
14th Plenary Session 19 May 1918 1 day
15th Plenary Session 26 June 1918 1 day
16th Plenary Session 29 July 1918 1 day
17th Plenary Session 14 September 1918 1 day
18th Plenary Session 16 September 1918 1 day
19th Plenary Session 2 October 1918 1 day
20th Plenary Session 22 October 1918 1 day
21st Plenary Session 25 October 1918 1 day
22nd Plenary Session 26 October 1918 1 day
23rd Plenary Session 25 December 1918 1 day
24th Plenary Session 30 December 1918 1 day
25th Plenary Session 16 January 1919 1 day
26th Plenary Session 4 February 1919 1 day
27th Plenary Session 14 March 1919 1 day
28th Plenary Session 16 March 1919 1 day
29th Plenary Session 17 March 1919 1 day

Composition

Members

Members of the Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 6th CC 8th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин Old Reelected 1888 1938 1906 Russian Male
Felix Dzerzhinsky Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский Old Reelected 1877 1926 1906 Polish Male
Nikolay Krestinsky Никола́й Крести́нский Old Reelected 1883 1938 1901 Ukrainian[1] Male
Mikhail Lashevich Александр Криницкий New Not 1884 1937 1901 Jewish[2][3] Male
Vladimir Lenin Владимир Ленин Old Reelected 1870 1924 1898 Russian Male
Vasily Schmidt Василий Шмидт New Candidate 1886 1938 1905 German[4] Male
Fyodor Sergeyev Фёдор Серге́ев Old Candidate 1895 1921 1914 Russian Male
Ivar Smilga Ивар Смилга Old Reelected 1892 1938 1907 Latvian Male
Grigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников Old Not 1888 1939 1905 Jewish[5][6] Male
Joseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин Old Reelected 1878 1953 1898 Georgian Male
Elena Stasova Еле́на Ста́сова Candidate Reelected 1873 1966 1898 Russian Female
Yakov Sverdlov Я́ков Свердло́в Old Died 1885 1919 1901 Jewish[6][7] Male
Leon Trotsky Лев Тро́цкий Old Reelected 1879 1940 1917 Jewish[8][3] Male
Mikhail Vladimirsky Михаи́л Влади́мирский New Candidate 1874 1951 1898 Russian Male
Grigory Zinoviev Григо́рий Зино́вьев Old Reelected 1883 1936 1901 Jewish[9][10] Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic 6th CC 8th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Jan Berzin Ян Берзин Member Not 1881 1938 1902 Latvian Male
Adolph Joffe Владимир Милютин Candidate Not 1883 1927 1910 Karaite[11][3] Male
Aleksei Kiselyov Алексей Киселёв Candidate Not 1879 1937 1898 Russian Male
Georgy Oppokov Гео́ргий Оппо́ков Candidate Not 1888 1938 1903 Russian Male
Grigory Petrovsky Григо́рій Петро́вський New Not 1878 1958 1898 Ukrainian Male
Pyotr Stuchka Пётр Сту́чка New Not 1865 1932 1906 Latvian Male
Moisei Uritsky Моисей Урицкий Member Not 1873 1918 1917 Jewish[3][10] Male
Alexander Shliapnikov Алекса́ндр Шля́пников New Not 1885 1937 1901 Russian Male

References

General

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the VIIth Congress of the RCP (B) 03.08.1918 members" reference), the Central Committee full- and candidate membership, Bureau membership, Secretariat membership and Orgburo membership were taken from these sources:

Bibliography

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