| Central Committee of the Komsomol | |
| Native Name: | Russian: Центральный комитет ВЛКСМ|italic=no |
| Parent: | Central Committee of the Soviet Union |
The Central Committee of the Komsomol (Russian: Центральный комитет ВЛКСМ, Tsentral'niy komitet VLKSM) was the executive leadership of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, commonly known as the Komsomol. According to the Komsomol Charter adopted at the 14th Congress of the Komsomol (1962), the Central Committee "directs the entire work of the Komsomol, local Komsomol bodies, represents the Komsomol in state and public institutions and organizations, approves the editorial board of the central body - "Komsomolskaya Pravda" and other editorial offices, distributes the Komsomol budget and monitors its implementation."[1] The Central Committee of the Komsomol was dissolved on September 28, 1991, along with the Komsomol organization itself.
The Central Committee was elected at Komsomol congresses by secret ballot. The Central Committee consisted of full members who could cast a vote and candidate members who had an advisory vote during plenary sessions. The Central Committee of the Komsomol elected the First Secretary of the Central Committee (de facto leader of the Komsomol), the Bureau, and the Sectretariat.[2]
During its 73-year history, the Central Committee of the Komsomol held a total of 22 congresses. Initially, congresses were held every year but after 1922 they were held less frequently.
| Congress | Dates Held | Resolution(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congresses of the Central Committee of the Komsomol | |||
| 1st Congress | 29 October - 4 November1918 | The unification of youth communist organizations into a centralized single organization. Creation of Komsomol. | |
| 2nd Congress | 5 October - 8 October1919 | Creation of the Young Communist International in order to appeal to the young international proletariat. | |
| 3rd Congress | 2 October - 10 October1920 | The tasks of socialist construction and communist education of youth, the restoration of the national economy destroyed during the war years are defined. A new edition of the charter of the Komsomol was adopted. | |
| 4th Congress | 21 September - 28 September1921 | A new edition of the charter of the Komsomol was adopted. | |
| 5th Congress | 11 October - 17 October1922 | ||
| 6th Congress | 12 July - 18 July1924 | Name changed in Russian from RKSM to RLKSM. | |
| 7th Congress | 11 March - 22 March1926 | Support for party line for the fight against Trotskyism. | |
| 8th Congress | 5 May - 16 May1928 | ||
| 9th Congress | 16 January - 26 January1931 | ||
| 10th Congress | 11 April - 21 April1936 | A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted. | |
| 11th Congress | 29 March - 7 April1949 | ||
| 12th Congress | 19 March - 27 March1954 | A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted. | |
| 13th Congress | 15 April - 18 April1958 | Announcement of the Abakan-Taishet Railway shock construction project.[3] | |
| 14th Congress | 16 April - 20 April1962 | A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted. | |
| 15th Congress | 17 May - 21 May1966 | ||
| 16th Congress | 26 May - 30 May1970 | ||
| 17th Congress | 23 April - 27 April1974 | Announcement of the Baikal-Amur Railway shock construction project | |
| 18th Congress | 25 April - 28 April1978 | ||
| 19th Congress | 18 May - 21 May1982 | The Youth Residential Complex project program was adopted. | |
| 20th Congress | 15 April - 18 April1987 | A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted. | |
| 21st Congress | 11 April - 18 April1990 | A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted. | |
| 22nd Congress | 27 September - 28 September1991 | The Komsomol was officially dissolved. | |
| Picture | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Secretaries of the Komsomol | ||||||
| 1 | Yefim Tsetlin (1898–1937) | 4 November 1918 | 17 July 1919 | Bolshevik Party(RCP(b)) | ||
| 2 | Oscar Ryvkin (1899–1937) | 17 July 1919 | 10 October 1920 | Bolshevik Party(RCP(b)) | ||
| 3 | Lazar Shatskin(1902–1937) | 10 October 1920 | 28 September 1921 | Bolshevik Party(RCP(b)) | ||
| 4 | Pyotr Smorodin(1897–1939) | 28 September 1921 | 18 July 1924 | Bolshevik Party(RCP(b)) | ||
| 5 | Nikolai Chaplin (1902–1938) | 18 July 1924 | 16 May 1928 | VKP(b) | ||
| 6 | Alexander Milchakov(1903–1973) | 17 May 1928 | 24 March 1929 | VKP(b) | ||
| 7 | Aleksandr Kosarev(1903–1939) | 24 March 1929 | 23 November 1938 | VKP(b) | ||
| 8 | Nikolai Mikhailov(1906–1982) | 23 November 1938 | 30 October 1952 | CPSU | ||
| 9 | Alexander Shelepin(1918–1994) | 30 October 1952 | 18 April 1958 | CPSU | ||
| 10 | Vladimir Semichastny (1924–2001) | 18 April 1958 | 25 March 1959 | CPSU | ||
| 11 | Sergey Pavlov(1929–1993) | 25 March 1959 | 12 June 1968 | CPSU | ||
| 12 | Yevgeny Tyazhelnikov(1928–2020) | 12 June 1968 | 27 May 1977 | CPSU | ||
| 13 | Boris Pastukhov(1933–2021) | 27 May 1977 | 6 December 1982 | CPSU | ||
| 14 | Viktor Mishin(born 1943) | 6 December 1982 | 19 July 1986 | CPSU | ||
| 15 | Viktor Mironenko(born 1953) | 19 July 1986 | 18 April 1990 | CPSU | ||
| 16 | Vladimir Zyukin(born 1954) | 18 April 1990 | 27 September 1991 | CPSU | ||