Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Supreme political authority in Soviet Union 1924–1925
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The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 13th Congress, and sat from 2 June 1924 until 31 December 1925. The CC 1st Plenary Session renewed the composition of the Politburo, Secretariat and the Organizational Bureau (OB) of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
Secretariat: 7 full & 3 candidates
Orgburo: 12 full & 6 candidates
Central Committee of the 13th Congress | |
|---|---|
![]() The Presidium of the 13th Party Congress | |
| 2 June 1924 â 31 December 1925 | |
| Leadership | |
| General Secretary | Joseph Stalin |
| Second Secretary | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Inner-groups | Politburo: 7 full & 6 candidates Secretariat: 7 full & 3 candidates Orgburo: 12 full & 6 candidates |
| Candidates | |
| Apparatus | |
| No. of departments | 11 |
Plenums
The CC was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions, of which nine CC plenary sessions and one joint CCâCentral Control Commission (CCC) plenary sessions were held between the 13th Congress and the 14th 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 | 2 June 1924 | 1 day |
| 2nd Plenary Session | 16â20 June 1924 | 5 days |
| 3rd Plenary Session | 25â27 October 1924 | 3 days |
| Joint Plenary Session | 17 January 1925 | 1 day |
| 4th Plenary Session | 17â20 January 1925 | 4 days |
| 5th Plenary Session | 23 April 1925 | 1 day |
| 6th Plenary Session | 30 April 1925 | 1 day |
| 7th Plenary Session | 3â10 October 1925 | 8 days |
| 8th Plenary Session | 12â14 November 1925 | 3 days |
| 9th Plenary Session | 15 December 1925 | 1 day |
Apparatus
Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 13th Congress and the 14th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator of Affairs | Pyotr Guzakov | ÐÑÑÑ ÐÑзаков | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 212 days | Russian | Male |
| Agitation and Propaganda Department | Sergei Syrtsov | СеÑгей СÑÑÑов | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 212 days | Russian | Male |
| Bolshevik | Nikolai Bukharin | ÐиколаÌй ÐÑÑ Ð°ÌÑин | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 212 days | Russian | Male |
| Bureau of the Secretariat | Lev Mekhlis | Ðев ÐÐµÑ Ð»Ð¸Ñ | November 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 31 days | Jewish[8][9] | Male |
| Central Asian Bureau | Isaak Zelensky | ÐÑаак ÐеленÑкий | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 212 days | Jewish[10][11] | Male |
| Department for Work Among Women | Klavdiya Nikolayeva | ÐÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð´Ð¸Ñ Ðиколаева | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 212 days | Russian | Female |
| Department of Party History | Mikhail Olminsky | ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¸Ð» ÐлÑминÑкий | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1924 | 212 days | Russian | Male |
| Semyon Kanatchikov | СемÑн ÐанаÑÑиков | 1 January 1925 | 31 December 1925 | 364 days | Russian | Male | |
| Far Eastern Bureau | Nikolai Kubiak | Ðиколай ÐÑбÑк | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 212 days | Russian | Male |
| Finance Department | P. N. Ivanov | Ð. Ð. Ðванов | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 212 days | Russian | Male |
| Information Department | Vilhelm Knorin | ÐилÑгелÑм ÐноÑин | 2 June 1924 | 8 July 1925 | 1 year and 36 days | Latvian | Male |
| Lev Roshal | Ðев РоÑÐ°Ð»Ñ | 8 July 1925 | 31 December 1925 | 176 days | Jewish[12][13][14] | Male | |
| Lenin Institute | Lev Kamenev | Ðев ÐаÌменев | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 212 days | Jewish-Russian | Male |
| Organizational and Distribution Department | Lazar Kaganovich | ÐазаÑÑ ÐÐ°Ð³Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ | 2 June 1924 | 27 October 1924 | 147 days | Jewish | Male |
| Nikolay Antipov | Ðиколай ÐнÑипов | 27 October 1924 | 27 July 1925 | 273 days | Russian | Male | |
| Konstantin Gey | ÐонÑÑанÑин Ðей | 27 July 1925 | 31 December 1925 | 157 days | Russian | Male | |
| Pravda | Nikolai Bukharin | ÐиколаÌй ÐÑÑ Ð°ÌÑин | 2 June 1924 | 27 October 1924 | 147 days | Russian | Male |
| Press Department | Semyon Kanatchikov | СемÑн ÐанаÑÑиков | 2 June 1924 | 27 October 1924 | 147 days | Russian | Male |
| Juozas Vareikis | ÐоÑÐ¸Ñ ÐаÑÐµÐ¹ÐºÐ¸Ñ | 27 October 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 65 days | Lithuanian | Male | |
| Provisional Byelorussian Bureau | Aleksandr Osatkin | ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ ÐÑаÑкин | 2 June 1924 | 31 December 1925 | 1 year and 212 days | Russian | Male |
| Siberian Bureau | Stanislav Kosior | СÑаниÑлав ÐоÑÐ¸Ð¾Ñ | 2 June 1924 | 27 October 1924 | 147 days | Polish | Male |
| South-East Bureau | Anastas Mikoyan | ÐнаÑÑÐ°Ñ ÐикоÑн | 2 June 1924 | 27 October 1924 | 147 days | Armenian | Male |
Composition
Members
| Name | Cyrillic | 12th CC | 14th CC | Birth | Death | PM | Nationality | Gender | Portrait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Andreyev | ÐндÑей ÐндÑеев | Old | Reelected | 1895 | 1971 | 1914 | Russian | Male | |
| Nikolay Antipov | Ðиколай ÐнÑипов | New | Reelected | 1894 | 1938 | 1912 | Russian | Male | |
| Andrei Bubnov | ÐндÑей ÐÑбнов | Old | Reelected | 1884 | 1938 | 1903 | Russian | Male | |
| Nikolai Bukharin | ÐиколаÌй ÐÑÑ Ð°ÌÑин | Old | Reelected | 1888 | 1938 | 1906 | Russian | Male | |
| Vlas Chubar | ÐÐ»Ð°Ñ Ð§ÑÐ±Ð°Ñ | Old | Reelected | 1891 | 1939 | 1907 | Ukrainian | Male | |
| Alexander Dogadov | ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ Ðогадов | New | Reelected | 1888 | 1937 | 1905 | Russian | Male | â |
| Felix Dzerzhinsky | ФеÌÐ»Ð¸ÐºÑ ÐзеÑжиÌнÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1877 | 1926 | 1906 | Polish | Male | |
| Mikhail Frunze | ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¸Ð» ФÑÑнзе | Old | Died | 1885 | 1925 | 1904 | Romanian-Russian | Male | |
| Lazar Kaganovich | ÐазаÑÑ ÐÐ°Ð³Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ | Candidate | Reelected | 1893 | 1991 | 1911 | Jewish | 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 | |
| Moisei Kharitonov | ÐоиÑей ХаÑиÑонов | Old | Not | 1887 | 1938 | 1905 | Jewish[25] | Male | |
| Sergey Kirov | СеÑгеÌй ÐиÌÑов | Old | Reelected | 1886 | 1934 | 1904 | Russian | Male | |
| Nikolay Kolotilov | Ðиколай ÐолоÑилов | Candidate | Reelected | 1885 | 1937 | 1903 | Russian | Male | â |
| Nikolay Komarov | Ðиколай ÐомаÑов | Old | Reelected | 1886 | 1937 | 1909 | Russian | Male | |
| Stanislav Kosior | СÑаниÑлав ÐоÑÐ¸Ð¾Ñ | Candidate | Reelected | 1889 | 1939 | 1907 | Polish | Male | |
| Leonid Krasin | Ðеонид ÐÑаÑин | New | Reelected | 1870 | 1926 | 1898 | Russian | Male | |
| Gleb Krzhizhanovsky | Ðлеб ÐÑжижаноÌвÑкий | New | Reelected | 1872 | 1959 | 1898 | Polish-German | Male | |
| Nikolay Kubyak | Ðиколай ÐÑбÑк | Old | Reelected | 1881 | 1937 | 1898 | Russian | Male | |
| Alexander Kuklin | ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ ÐÑклин | New | Not | 1876 | 1936 | 1903 | Russian | Male | â |
| Emanuel Kviring | ÐмманÑил ÐвиÑинг | Old | Reelected | 1888 | 1937 | 1912 | Volga German | Male | |
| Mikhail Lashevich | ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¸Ð» ÐаÑÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ | Old | Candidate | 1894 | 1937 | 1901 | Jewish[27][28] | Male | ![]() |
| Ivan Lepse | Ðван ÐепÑе | Candidate | Reelected | 1889 | 1929 | 1906 | Latvian | Male | â |
| Semyon Lobov | СемÑн ÐоÌбов | New | Reelected | 1888 | 1937 | 1913 | Russian | Male | â |
| Dmitry Manuilsky | ÐмиÑÑо ÐанÑÑлÑÑÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1883 | 1959 | 1903 | Ukrainian | Male | |
| Alexei Medvedev | ÐлекÑей Ðедведев | New | Reelected | 1884 | 1937 | 1904 | Russian | Male | |
| Vasily Mikhailov | ÐаÑилий ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð² | Old | Reelected | 1894 | 1937 | 1915 | Russian | Male | |
| Anastas Mikoyan | ÐнаÑÑÐ°Ñ ÐикоÑн | Old | Reelected | 1895 | 1978 | 1915 | Armenian | Male | |
| Vyacheslav Molotov | ÐÑÑеÑлав ÐолоÑов | Old | Reelected | 1890 | 1986 | 1906 | Russian | Male | |
| Klavdiya Nikolayeva | ÐÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð´Ð¸Ñ Ðиколаева | New | Candidate | 1893 | 1944 | 1909 | Russian | Female | |
| Grigol Ordzhonikidze | ÐÑигоÌÑий ÐÑджоникиÌдзе | Old | Reelected | 1886 | 1937 | 1903 | Georgian | Male | |
| Grigory Petrovsky | ÐÑигоÌÑÑй ÐеÑÑоÌвÑÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1878 | 1958 | 1898 | Ukrainian | Male | |
| Georgy Pyatakov | ЮÑÑй Ð'ÑÑаков | Old | Reelected | 1890 | 1937 | 1910 | Russian | Male | |
| Christian Rakovsky | Ð¥ÑиÑÑиан РаковÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1873 | 1941 | 1917 | Bulgarian | Male | |
| JÄnis Rudzutaks | Ян Ð ÑдзÑÑак | Old | Reelected | 1887 | 1938 | 1906 | Latvian | Male | |
| Moisey Rukhimovich | ÐоиÑей Ð ÑÑ Ð¸Ð¼Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ | New | Reelected | 1889 | 1937 | 1913 | Jewish[29] | Male | |
| Ivan Rumyantsev | Ðван Ð ÑмÑнÑев | Candidate | Reelected | 1886 | 1937 | 1905 | Russian | Male | |
| Alexei Rykov | ÐлекÑей Ð Ñков | Old | Reelected | 1881 | 1938 | 1898 | Russian | Male | |
| Isaak Schwartz | ÐÑаак ШваÑÑ | New | Reelected | 1879 | 1951 | 1899 | Jewish[30] | Male | |
| Alexander Smirnov | ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ Ð¡Ð¼Ð¸Ñнов | Old | Reelected | 1878 | 1938 | 1898 | Russian | Male | |
| Grigori Sokolnikov | ÐÑигоÑий СоколÑников | Old | Reelected | 1888 | 1938 | 1905 | Jewish[10][31] | Male | |
| Joseph Stalin | ÐоÌÑÐ¸Ñ Ð¡ÑаÌлин | Old | Reelected | 1878 | 1953 | 1898 | Georgian | Male | |
| Daniil Sulimov | Ðаниил СÑлимов | Old | Reelected | 1890 | 1937 | 1905 | Russian | 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[28][32] | Male | |
| Alexander Tsiurupa | ÐлекÑаÌÐ½Ð´Ñ Ð¦ÑÑÑÌпа | Old | Reelected | 1870 | 1928 | 1898 | Ukrainian | Male | |
| Nikolai Uglanov | Ðиколай Угланов | Old | Reelected | 1886 | 1937 | 1907 | Russian | Male | |
| Konstantin Ukhanov | ÐонÑÑанÑин Ð£Ñ Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð² | Old | Reelected | 1891 | 1937 | 1907 | Russian | Male | |
| Kliment Voroshilov | ÐÐ»Ð¸Ð¼ÐµÐ½Ñ ÐоÑоÑилов | Old | Reelected | 1881 | 1969 | 1903 | Russian | Male | |
| Grigory Yevdokimov | ÐÑигоÑий Ðвдокимов | Old | Reelected | 1884 | 1936 | 1903 | Russian | Male | |
| Isaak Zelensky | ÐÑаак ÐеленÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1890 | 1937 | 1906 | Jewish[10][33] | Male | |
| Pyotr Zalutsky | ÐеÑÑо ÐалÑÑÑкий | Old | Reelected | 1887 | 1937 | 1907 | Russian | Male | |
| Grigory Zinoviev | ÐÑигоÌÑий ÐиноÌвÑев | Old | Reelected | 1883 | 1936 | 1901 | Jewish[16][34] | Male |
Candidates
| Name | Cyrillic | 12th CC | 14th CC | Birth | Death | PM | Nationality | Gender | Portrait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandra Artyukhina | ÐлекÑандÑа ÐÑÑÑÑ Ð¸Ð½Ð° | New | Member | 1889 | 1969 | 1910 | Russian | Female | |
| Aleksei Badayev | ÐлекÑей Ðадаев | Candidate | Member | 1883 | 1951 | 1904 | Russian | Male | |
| Nikolai Chaplin | Ðиколай Чаплин | New | Candidate | 1902 | 1938 | 1919 | Russian | Male | â |
| Mikhail Chudov | ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¸Ð» ЧÑдов | Candidate | Member | 1893 | 1937 | 1913 | Russian | Male | â |
| Konstantin Gey | ÐонÑÑанÑин Ðей | New | Candidate | 1896 | 1939 | 1916 | Russian | Male | |
| Nikolai Glebov-Avilov | Ðиколай Ðлебов-Ðвиловй | New | Not | 1887 | 1937 | 1904 | Russian | Male | |
| Filipp Goloshchyokin | Филипп ÐолоÑÑкин | New | Candidate | 1876 | 1941 | 1903 | Jewish[35] | Male | |
| Andriy Ivanov | ÐндÑей Ðванов | New | Not | 1891 | 1937 | 1906 | Russian | Male | |
| Vasily Ivanov | ÐаÑилий Ðванов | New | Not | 1885 | 1938 | 1917 | Russian | Male | â |
| Ivan Kabakov | Ðван Ðабаков | New | Member | 1891 | 1937 | 1914 | Russian | Male | â |
| Kuprian Kirkizh | ÐÑпÑиÑн ÐиÑкиж | New | Member | 1886 | 1932 | 1910 | Belarusian | Male | |
| Georgy Korostelov | ÐеоÑгий ÐоÑоÑÑелÑв | New | Not | 1885 | 1932 | 1905 | Russian | Male | â |
| Alexander Krinitsky | ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ ÐÑиниÑкий | New | Candidate | 1894 | 1937 | 1915 | Russian | Male | |
| Alexander Markov | ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ ÐаÑков | New | Candidate | 1877 | 1935 | 1898 | Russian | Male | â |
| Alexander Miasnikian | ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ ÐÑÑников | Candidate | Died | 1886 | 1925 | 1906 | Armenian | Male | |
| Ivan Morozov | Ðван ÐоÑозов | Candidate | Not | 1889 | 1959 | 1908 | Russian | Male | â |
| Ivan Moskvin | Ðван ÐоÑквин | Candidate | Candidate | 1890 | 1937 | 1911 | Russian | Male | |
| Nariman Narimanov | ÐаÑимаÌнов ÐаÑимаÌн | Candidate | Died | 1870 | 1925 | 1905 | Azerbaijani | Male | |
| Mamia Orakhelashvili | ÐÐ°Ð¼Ð¸Ñ ÐÑÐ°Ñ ÐµÐ»Ð°Ñвили | Candidate | Candidate | 1888 | 1937 | 1903 | Georgian | Male | |
| Abdullo Rakhimbayev | ÐбдÑлло Ð Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ð¼Ð±Ð°ÐµÐ² | New | Not | 1896 | 1938 | 1919 | Uzbek | Male | |
| Konstantin Rumyantsev | ÐонÑÑанÑин Ð ÑмÑнÑев | New | Candidate | 1889 | 1939 | 1916 | Russian | Male | â |
| Kuzma Ryndin | ÐÑзÑма Ð Ñндин | New | Candidate | 1893 | 1938 | 1915 | Russian | Male | â |
| Georgy Safarov | ÐеоÑгий СаÑаÑов | New | Not | 1891 | 1942 | 1908 | Armenian-Polish | Male | |
| Vasily Schmidt | ÐаÑилий Ð¨Ð¼Ð¸Ð´Ñ | New | Member | 1886 | 1938 | 1905 | German[37] | Male | |
| Mykola Skrypnyk | Ðикола СкÑипник | Candidate | Candidate | 1872 | 1933 | 1898 | Ukrainian | Male | |
| Ivar Smilga | ÐÐ²Ð°Ñ Ð¡Ð¼Ð¸Ð»Ð³Ð° | New | Member | 1892 | 1938 | 1907 | Latvian | Male | |
| Konstantin Strievsky | ÐонÑÑанÑин СÑÑиевÑкий | New | Candidate | 1885 | 1938 | 1902 | Belarusian | Male | â |
| Sergei Syrtsov | СеÑгей СÑÑÑов | New | Candidate | 1893 | 1937 | 1913 | Russian | Male | |
| Aleksandr Tolokontsev | ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ Ð¢Ð¾Ð»Ð¾ÐºÐ¾Ð½Ñев | New | Member | 1889 | 1937 | 1914 | Russian | Male | â |
| Viktoria Tseitlin | ÐикÑоÑÐ¸Ñ Ð¦ÐµÐ¹Ñлин | New | Not | 1888 | 1937 | 1904 | Russian | Female | â |
| Mikhail Uryvayev | ÐÐ¸Ñ Ð°Ð¸Ð» УÑÑваев | Candidate | Candidate | 1887 | 1937 | 1917 | Russian | Male | â |
| Iosif Vareikis | ÐоÑÐ¸Ñ ÐаÑÐµÐ¹ÐºÐ¸Ñ | New | Candidate | 1894 | 1938 | 1913 | Lithuanian | Male | â |
| Miron Vladimirov | ÐиÑон ÐладимиÑов | New | Died | 1879 | 1925 | 1903 | Jewish[38] | Male | |
| Sergey Zorin | СеÑгей ÐоÑин | New | Not | 1891 | 1937 | 1917 | Jewish[39] | Male |

