Central Committee of the 11th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Supreme political authority in Soviet Union 1922–1923
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The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 11th Congress, and sat from 2 April 1922 until 25 April 1923 . The CC 1st Plenary Session renewed the composition of the Politburo, Secretariat and the Organizational Bureau (OB) of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
Secretariat: 3 members
Orgburo: 7 full & 3 candidates
Central Committee of the 11th Congress | |
|---|---|
![]() Delegates at the 11th Party Congress | |
| 2 April 1922 â 25 April 1923 | |
| Leadership | |
| General Secretary | Joseph Stalin |
| Second Secretary | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Inner-groups | Politburo: 7 full & 3 candidates Secretariat: 3 members Orgburo: 7 full & 3 candidates |
| Candidates | |
Plenums
The CC was not a permanent institution. It convened nine plenary sessions between the 11th Congress and the 12th 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]
| Plenum | Date | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Plenary Session | 3 April 1922 | 1 day |
| 2nd Plenary Session | 16 May 1922 | 1 day |
| 3rd Plenary Session | 2 August 1922 | 1 day |
| 4th Plenary Session | 8 August 1922 | 1 day |
| 5th Plenary Session | 5â7 October 1922 | 3 days |
| 6th Plenary Session | 18 December 1922 | 1 day |
| 7th Plenary Session | 21â24 February 1923 | 4 days |
| 8th Plenary Session | 30â31 March 1923 | 2 days |
| 9th Plenary Session | 15 April 1923 | 1 day |
Apparatus
Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 11th Congress and the 12th 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]
| Institution | Leader | Cyrillic | Took office | Left office | Length of tenure | Nationality | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Distribution Department | Sergey Syrtsov | СеÑгеÌй СÑÑÑоÌв | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Russian | Male |
| Administrator of Affairs | Ivan Ksenofontov | Ðван ÐÑеноÑонÑов | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Greek[8] | Male |
| Agitation and Propaganda Department | Andrei Bubnov | ÐндÑей ÐÑбнов | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Russian | Male |
| Bureau of the Secretariat | Amayak Nazaretyan | ÐмаÑк ÐазаÑеÑÑн | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Armenian | Male |
| Central Asian Bureau | JÄnis Rudzutaks | Ян Ð ÑдзÑÑак | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Latvian | Male |
| Department for Work Among Women | Sofia Smidovich | СоÑÑÑ Ð¡Ð¼Ð¸Ð´Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Russian | Female |
| Department of Party History | Mikhail Olminsky | ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¸Ð» ÐлÑминÑкий | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Russian | Male |
| Far Eastern Bureau | Nikolay Kubiak | Ðиколай ÐÑбÑк | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Russian | Male |
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| Organizational and Instructional Department | Nikolai Lisitsyn | Ðиколай ÐиÑиÑÑн | 2 April 1922 | June 1922 | 89 days | Russian | Male |
| Lazar Kaganovich | ÐазаÑÑ ÐÐ°Ð³Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ | June 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 27 days | Jewish[9][10][11] | Male | |
| Siberian Bureau | Stanislav Kosior | СÑаниÑлав ÐоÑÐ¸Ð¾Ñ | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Polish | Male |
| South-Eastern Bureau | Anastas Mikoyan | ÐнаÑÑÐ°Ñ ÐикоÑн | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Armenian | Male |
| Statistical Department | Stanislav Strumilin | СÑаниÑлаÌв СÑÑÑмиÌлин | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Russian | Male |
| Ural Bureau | Timofei Sapronov | ТимоÑеÌй СапÑоÌнов | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Russian | Male |
| Ural Industrial Bureau | Daniil Sulimov | Ðаниил СÑлимов | 2 April 1922 | 25 April 1923 | 1 year and 23 days | Russian | Male |
Composition
Members
| Name | Cyrillic | 10th CC | 12th CC | Birth | Death | PM | Nationality | Gender | Portrait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Andreyev | ÐндÑей ÐндÑеев | New | Reelected | 1895 | 1971 | 1914 | Russian | Male | |
| Nikolai Bukharin | ÐиколаÌй ÐÑÑ Ð°ÌÑин | Old | Reelected | 1888 | 1938 | 1906 | Russian | Male | |
| Vlas Chubar | ÐÐ»Ð°Ñ Ð§ÑÐ±Ð°Ñ | Candidate | Reelected | 1891 | 1939 | 1907 | Ukrainian | Male | |
| Felix Dzerzhinsky | ФеÌÐ»Ð¸ÐºÑ ÐзеÑжиÌнÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1877 | 1926 | 1906 | Polish | Male | |
| Mikhail Frunze | ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¸Ð» ФÑÑнзе | Old | Reelected | 1885 | 1925 | 1904 | Romanian-Russian | Male | |
| Mikhail Kalinin | ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¸Ð» Ðалинин | Old | Reelected | 1875 | 1946 | 1898 | Russian | Male | |
| Lev Kamenev | Ðев ÐаÌменев | Old | Reelected | 1883 | 1936 | 1901 | Jewish-Russian | Male | |
| Ivan Korotkov | Ðван ÐоÑоÑков | New | Reelected | 1885 | 1949 | 1905 | Russian | Male | â |
| Valerian Kuybyshev | ÐалеÑиан ÐÑйбÑÑев | Candidate | Not | 1888 | 1935 | 1904 | Russian | Male | |
| Vladimir Lenin | ÐÐ»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ Ðенин | Old | Reelected | 1870 | 1924 | 1898 | Russian | Male | |
| Vyacheslav Molotov | ÐÑÑеÑлав ÐолоÑов | Old | Reelected | 1890 | 1986 | 1906 | Russian | Male | |
| Grigol Ordzhonikidze | ÐÑигоÌÑий ÐÑджоникиÌдзе | Old | Reelected | 1886 | 1937 | 1903 | Georgian | Male | |
| Grigory Petrovsky | ÐÑигоÌÑÑй ÐеÑÑоÌвÑÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1878 | 1958 | 1898 | Ukrainian | Male | |
| Karl Radek | ÐаÑл Радек | Old | Reelected | 1885 | 1939 | 1903 | Jewish[16][17] | Male | |
| Christian Rakovsky | Ð¥ÑиÑÑиан РаковÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1873 | 1941 | 1917 | Bulgarian | Male | |
| JÄnis Rudzutaks | Ян Ð ÑдзÑÑак | Old | Reelected | 1887 | 1938 | 1905 | Latvian | Male | |
| Alexei Rykov | ÐлекÑей Ð Ñков | Old | Reelected | 1881 | 1938 | 1899 | Russian | Male | |
| Timofei Sapronov | ТимоÑеÌй СапÑоÌнов | New | Not | 1887 | 1937 | 1898 | Russian | Male | |
| Alexander Smirnov | ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ Ð¡Ð¼Ð¸Ñнов | New | Reelected | 1878 | 1938 | 1898 | Russian | Male | |
| Grigori Sokolnikov | ÐÑигоÑий СоколÑников | New | Reelected | 1888 | 1938 | 1905 | Jewish[18][19] | Male | |
| Joseph Stalin | ÐоÌÑÐ¸Ñ Ð¡ÑаÌлин | Old | Reelected | 1878 | 1953 | 1898 | Georgian | Male | |
| Mikhail Tomsky | ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¸Ð» ТомÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1880 | 1936 | 1904 | Russian | Male | |
| Leon Trotsky | Ðев ТÑоÌÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1879 | 1940 | 1917 | Jewish[20][17] | Male | |
| Kliment Voroshilov | ÐÐ»Ð¸Ð¼ÐµÐ½Ñ ÐоÑоÑилов | Old | Reelected | 1881 | 1969 | 1903 | Russian | Male | |
| Yemelyan Yaroslavsky | ÐмелÑÑн ЯÑоÑлавÑкий | Old | Not | 1878 | 1943 | 1898 | Jewish[17] | Male | |
| Isaak Zelensky | ÐÑаак ÐеленÑкий | Candidate | Reelected | 1890 | 1937 | 1906 | Jewish[21][22] | Male | |
| Grigory Zinoviev | ÐÑигоÌÑий ÐиноÌвÑев | Old | Reelected | 1883 | 1936 | 1901 | Jewish[23][15] | Male |
Candidates
| Name | Cyrillic | 10th CC | 12th CC | Birth | Death | PM | Nationality | Gender | Portrait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksei Badayev | ÐлекÑей Ðадаев | New | Candidate | 1883 | 1951 | 1904 | Russian | Male | |
| Andrei Bubnov | ÐндÑей ÐÑбнов | New | Candidate | 1884 | 1938 | 1903 | Russian | Male | |
| Sergey Gusev | СеÑгей ÐÑÑев | Candidate | Not | 1874 | 1933 | 1898 | Jewish[24] | Male | |
| Sergey Kirov | СеÑгеÌй ÐиÌÑов | Candidate | Member | 1886 | 1934 | 1904 | Russian | Male | |
| Aleksei Kiselyov | ÐлекÑей ÐиÑелÑв | Candidate | Not | 1879 | 1937 | 1898 | Russian | Male | |
| Nikolay Komarov | Ðиколай ÐомаÑов | Member | Member | 1886 | 1937 | 1909 | Russian | Male | |
| Timofei Krivov | ТимоÑей ÐÑивов | New | Not | 1886 | 1966 | 1905 | Chuvash[25] | Male | â |
| Dmitry Lebed | ÐмиÑÑий ÐÐµÐ±ÐµÐ´Ñ | New | Candidate | 1893 | 1937 | 1909 | Russian | Male | |
| Ivan Lepse | Ðван ÐепÑе | New | Candidate | 1889 | 1929 | 1904 | Latvian | Male | â |
| Semyon Lobov | СемÑн Ðобов | New | Not | 1888 | 1937 | 1913 | Russian | Male | â |
| Dmitry Manuilsky | ÐмиÑÑо ÐанÑÑлÑÑÑкий | New | Member | 1883 | 1959 | 1903 | Ukrainian | Male | |
| Vasily Mikhailov | ÐаÑилий ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð² | Member | Member | 1894 | 1937 | 1915 | Russian | Male | |
| Anastas Mikoyan | ÐнаÑÑÐ°Ñ ÐикоÑн | New | Member | 1895 | 1978 | 1915 | Armenian | Male | |
| Georgy Pyatakov | ЮÑÑй Ð'ÑÑаков | New | Member | 1890 | 1937 | 1910 | Russian | Male | |
| Abdullo Rakhimbayev | ÐбдÑлло Ð Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ð¼Ð±Ð°ÐµÐ² | New | Not | 1896 | 1938 | 1919 | Uzbek | Male | |
| Georgy Safarov | ÐеоÑгий СаÑаÑов | Candidate | Not | 1891 | 1942 | 1908 | Armenian-Polish | Male | |
| Vasily Schmidt | ÐаÑилий Ð¨Ð¼Ð¸Ð´Ñ | Candidate | Not | 1886 | 1938 | 1905 | German[27] | Male | |
| Ivar Smilga | ÐÐ²Ð°Ñ Ð¡Ð¼Ð¸Ð»Ð³Ð° | New | Not | 1892 | 1938 | 1907 | Latvian | Male | |
| Daniil Sulimov | Ðаниил СÑлимов | Candidate | Member | 1890 | 1937 | 1905 | Russian | Male |
