Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) explained

Number:	Central Committee
of the 13th Congress
Start:	2 June 1924
End:	31 December 1925
Gs:	Joseph Stalin
Ss:	Vyacheslav Molotov
Ig:	Politburo 7 full & 6 candidates Secretariat: 7 full & 3 candidates Orgburo: 12 full & 6 candidates
Departments:	11
Full:	53 full
Candidates:	34 candidates
Previous:	12th
Next:	14th

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).

Plenums

The CC was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions, of which nine CC plenary sessions and one joint CC–Central 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).

Plenum! scope="col"
Date	Length
1st Plenary Session	data-sort-value="1"	2 June 1924	1 day
2nd Plenary Session	data-sort-value="2"	16–20 June 1924	5 days
3rd Plenary Session	data-sort-value="3"	25–27 October 1924	3 days
Joint Plenary Session	data-sort-value="4"	17 January 1925	1 day
4th Plenary Session	data-sort-value="5"	17–20 January 1925	4 days
5th Plenary Session	data-sort-value="6"	23 April 1925	1 day
6th Plenary Session	data-sort-value="7"	30 April 1925	1 day
7th Plenary Session	data-sort-value="8"	3–10 October 1925	8 days
8th Plenary Session	data-sort-value="9"	12–14 November 1925	3 days
9th Plenary Session	data-sort-value="10"	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. The bureaus and departments were supervised by the Secretariat, and each secretary (member of the Secretariat) supervised a specific department. The leaders of departments were officially referred to as Heads, while the titles of bureau leaders varied between chairman, first secretary and secretary.

Institution! scope="col"
Leader	Cyrillic	Took office	Left office	Length of tenure	Nationality	Gender
Administrator of Affairs		Пётр Гузаков	2 June 1924	31 December 1925			Russian	Male
Agitation and Propaganda Department		Сергей Сырцов	2 June 1924	31 December 1925			Russian	Male
Bolshevik		Никола́й Буха́рин	2 June 1924	31 December 1925			Russian	Male
Bureau of the Secretariat		Лев Мехлис	November 1924	31 December 1925			Jewish^[1] ^[2]	Male
Central Asian Bureau		Исаак Зеленский	2 June 1924	31 December 1925			Jewish^[3] ^[4]	Male
Department for Work Among Women		Клавдия Николаева	2 June 1924	31 December 1925			Russian	Female
Department of Party History		Михаил Ольминский	2 June 1924	31 December 1924			Russian	Male
Department of Party History		Семён Канатчиков	1 January 1925	31 December 1925			Russian	Male
Far Eastern Bureau	Nikolai Kubiak	Николай Кубяк	2 June 1924	31 December 1925			Russian	Male
Finance Department		П. Н. Иванов	2 June 1924	31 December 1925			Russian	Male
Information Department		Вильгельм Кнорин	2 June 1924	8 July 1925			Latvian	Male
Information Department		Лев Рошаль	8 July 1925	31 December 1925			Jewish^[5] ^[6] ^[7]	Male
Lenin Institute		Лев Ка́менев	2 June 1924	31 December 1925			Jewish-Russian^[8] ^[9]	Male
Organizational and Distribution Department		Лазарь Каганович	2 June 1924	27 October 1924			Jewish^[10] ^[11] ^[12]	Male
		Николай Антипов	27 October 1924	27 July 1925			Russian	Male
		Константин Гей	27 July 1925	31 December 1925			Russian	Male
Pravda		Никола́й Буха́рин	2 June 1924	27 October 1924			Russian	Male
Press Department		Семён Канатчиков	2 June 1924	27 October 1924			Russian	Male
Press Department	Juozas Vareikis	Иосиф Варейкис	27 October 1924	31 December 1925			Lithuanian	Male
Provisional Byelorussian Bureau	Aleksandr Osatkin	Александр Асаткин	2 June 1924	31 December 1925			Russian	Male
Siberian Bureau		Станислав Косиор	2 June 1924	27 October 1924			Polish	Male
South-East Bureau		Анастас Микоян	2 June 1924	27 October 1924			Armenian	Male

Composition

Members

Name! scope="col" class="unsortable"
Cyrillic	12th CC	14th CC			Nationality	Gender	Portrait
	Андрей Андреев	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1895	1971	1914	Russian	Male
	Николай Антипов	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen		1894	1938	1912	Russian	Male
	Андрей Бубнов	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1884	1938	1903	Russian	Male
	Никола́й Буха́рин	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1888	1938	1906	Russian	Male
	Влас Чубар	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1891	1939	1907	Ukrainian	Male
	Александр Догадов	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen		1888	1937	1905	Russian	Male
	Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1877	1926	1906	Polish	Male
	Михаил Фрунзе	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightYellow		1885	1925	1904	Romanian-Russian^[13] ^[14]	Male
	Лазарь Каганович	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = LightGreen		1893	1991	1911	Jewish^[15] ^[16] ^[17]	Male
	Михаил Калинин	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1875	1946	1898	Russian	Male
	Лев Ка́менев	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1883	1936	1901	Jewish-Russian	Male
	Моисей Харитонов	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = PeachPuff		1887	1938	1905	Jewish^[18]	Male
	Серге́й Ки́ров	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1886	1934	1904	Russian	Male
	Николай Колотилов	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = LightGreen		1885	1937	1903	Russian	Male
	Николай Комаров	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1886	1937	1909	Russian	Male
	Станислав Косиор	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = LightGreen		1889	1939	1907	Polish	Male
	Леонид Красин	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen		1870	1926	1898	Russian	Male
	Глеб Кржижано́вский	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen		1872	1959	1898	Polish-German^[19]	Male
	Николай Кубяк	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1881	1937	1898	Russian	Male
	Александр Куклин	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = PeachPuff		1876	1936	1903	Russian	Male
	Эммануил Квиринг	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1888	1937	1912	Volga German	Male
	Михаил Лашевич	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = #B2FFFF		1894	1937	1901	Jewish^[20] ^[21]	Male
	Иван Лепсе	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = LightGreen		1889	1929	1906	Latvian	Male
	Семён Ло́бов	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen		1888	1937	1913	Russian	Male
	Дмитро Мануїльський	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1883	1959	1903	Ukrainian	Male
	Алексей Медведев	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen		1884	1937	1904	Russian	Male
	Василий Михайлов	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1894	1937	1915	Russian	Male
	Анастас Микоян	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1895	1978	1915	Armenian	Male
	Вячеслав Молотов	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1890	1986	1906	Russian	Male
	Клавдия Николаева	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF		1893	1944	1909	Russian	Female
	Григо́рий Орджоники́дзе	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1886	1937	1903	Georgian	Male
	Григо́рій Петро́вський	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1878	1958	1898	Ukrainian	Male
	Юрій П'ятаков	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1890	1937	1910	Russian	Male
	Христиан Раковский	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1873	1941	1917	Bulgarian	Male
	Ян Рудзутак	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1887	1938	1906	Latvian	Male
	Моисей Рухимович	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen		1889	1937	1913	Jewish^[22]	Male
	Иван Румянцев	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = LightGreen		1886	1937	1905	Russian	Male
	Алексей Рыков	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1881	1938	1898	Russian	Male
	Исаак Шварц	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen		1879	1951	1899	Jewish^[23]	Male
	Александр Смирнов	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1878	1938	1898	Russian	Male
	Григорий Сокольников	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1888	1938	1905	Jewish^[24]	Male
	Ио́сиф Ста́лин	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1878	1953	1898	Georgian	Male
	Даниил Сулимов	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1890	1937	1905	Russian	Male
	Михаил Томский	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1880	1936	1904	Russian	Male
	Лев Тро́цкий	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1879	1940	1917	Jewish^[25]	Male
	Алекса́ндр Цюру́па	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1870	1928	1898	Ukrainian	Male
	Николай Угланов	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1886	1937	1907	Russian	Male
	Константин Уханов	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1891	1937	1907	Russian	Male
	Климент Ворошилов	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1881	1969	1903	Russian	Male
	Григорий Евдокимов		1884	1936	1903	Russian	Male
	Исаак Зеленский	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1890	1937	1906	Jewish^[26]	Male
	Петро Залуцький	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1887	1937	1907	Russian	Male
	Григо́рий Зино́вьев	bgcolor = Salmon	bgcolor = LightGreen		1883	1936	1901	Jewish^[27]	Male

Candidates

Name! scope="col" class="unsortable"
Cyrillic	12th CC	14th CC		Nationality	Gender	Portrait
	Александра Артюхина	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen	1889	1969	1910	Russian	Female
	Алексей Бадаев	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = LightGreen	1883	1951	1904	Russian	Male
	Николай Чаплин	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1902	1938	1919	Russian	Male
	Михаил Чудов	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = LightGreen	1893	1937	1913	Russian	Male
	Константин Гей	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1896	1939	1916	Russian	Male
	Николай Глебов-Авиловй	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = PeachPuff	1887	1937	1904	Russian	Male
	Филипп Голощёкин	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1876	1941	1903	Jewish^[28]	Male
	Андрей Иванов	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = PeachPuff	1891	1937	1906	Russian	Male
	Василий Иванов	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = PeachPuff	1885	1938	1917	Russian	Male
	Иван Кабаков	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen	1891	1937	1914	Russian	Male
	Куприян Киркиж	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen	1886	1932	1910	Belarusian	Male
	Георгий Коростелёв	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = PeachPuff	1885	1932	1905	Russian	Male
	Александр Криницкий	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1894	1937	1915	Russian	Male
	Александр Марков	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1877	1935	1898	Russian	Male
	Александр Мясников	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = LightYellow	1886	1925	1906	Armenian	Male
	Иван Морозов	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = PeachPuff	1889	1959	1908	Russian	Male
	Иван Москвин	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1890	1937	1911	Russian	Male
	Нарима́нов Нарима́н	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = LightYellow	1870	1925	1905	Azerbaijani	Male
	Мамия Орахелашвили	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1888	1937	1903	Georgian	Male
	Абдулло Рахимбаев	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = PeachPuff	1896	1938	1919	Uzbek	Male
	Константин Румянцев	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1889	1939	1916	Russian	Male
	Кузьма Рындин	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1893	1938	1915	Russian	Male
	Георгий Сафаров	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = PeachPuff	1891	1942	1908	Armenian-Polish^[29]	Male
	Василий Шмидт	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen	1886	1938	1905	German^[30]	Male
	Микола Скрипник	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1872	1933	1898	Ukrainian	Male
	Ивар Смилга	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = LightGreen	1892	1938	1907	Latvian	Male
	Константин Стриевский	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1885	1938	1902	Belarusian	Male
	Сергей Сырцов	bgcolor = LightGreen	bgcolor = #B2FFFF	1893	1937	1913	Russian	Male

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References

General

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the XIII th Congress of the RCP (B) 31/5/1924 members" reference), the Central Committee full- and candidate membership, Politburo membership, Secretariat membership and Orgburo membership were taken from these sources:

Web site: Staff writer . Staff writer . Съезды, конференции, пленумы и заседания РСДРП – РСДРП(б) – РКП(б) – ВКП(б) – КПСС. knowbysight.info . Congresses, conferences, plenary meetings and meetings of the RSDLP – RSDLP (b) – RCP (b) – AUCP (b) – CPSU . ru. 22 August 2015.
Web site: Staff writer . Staff writer . Персональный состав Центрального комитета РСДРП – РСДРП(б) – РКП(б) – ВКП(б) – КПСС . knowbysight.info . Membership of the Central Committee of the RSDLP – RSDLP (b) – RCP (b) – AUCP (b) – CPSU . ru. 22 August 2015.
Web site: Staff writer . Staff writer . Центральный Комитет, избранный XIII-м съездом РКП(б) 31.5.1924, члены . knowbysight.info . The Central Committee elected by the XIII th Congress of the RCP (B) 31/5/1924 members . ru. 22 August 2015.
Web site: Staff writer . Staff writer . ЕВРЕИ И ВЛАСТЬ В РОССИИ (1917-1924 гг.) . LDN - приватное собрание книг . Jews and Power in Russia (1917–1924 biennum) . ru. 22 August 2015 . 19 June 2008 .
Web site: Staff writer . Staff writer . 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 . The narrow composition of the RSDLP (b)—Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (B)—The Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) – RCP (B)—Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) – AUCP (b)—the Presidium – Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU . ru. 21 June 2015.
Web site: Staff writer . Staff writer . Секретариат ЦК РСДРП - РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - КПСС . Secretariat of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) – RCP (b) – AUCP (b) – CPSU . ru. 21 June 2015.
Web site: Staff writer . Staff writer . Организационное бюро РКП(б) - ВКП(б) . Organizational Bureau of the RCP (b) – AUCP (b) . ru. 21 June 2015.

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