List of delegates of the 2nd Comintern congress explained

Following is a list of delegates at the 2nd Comintern World Congress, held in Petrograd and Moscow from 19 July through 7 August 1920.

Full delegates

• Armenia

Communist Party of Armenia

• • Avis
  • Nseratjan
• Austria

Communist Party of Austria

• • Reisler
  • Karl Steinhardt
  • Anna Strömer
  • Karl Toman
• Azerbaijan

Communist Party of Azerbaijan

• • Sapunov
• Belgium

Young Socialist Guard

• • Eduard Van Overstraeten
• Bulgaria

Communist Party of Bulgaria

• • Khristo Kabakchiev
  • Nikola Maximov
  • N. Shablin (Ivan Nedelkov)
• Czechoslovakia

Union of Communist Groups

• • Ivan Olbracht
• Czechoslovakia

National Confederation of Labor

• • Břetislav Hůla
• Czechoslovakia

Left Wing of the Social Democratic Party

• • Miloš Vaněk
  • Antonín Zápotocký
• Denmark

Communist Party of Denmark

• • Marie-Sophie Nielsen
• Denmark

Left Socialist Party

• • Jörgensen
• East Galicia/Bukovina: Communist Party of Galicia and Bukovina
  • Baral
  • Levitsky
  • Mitra
• Estonia

Communist Party of Estonia

• • Hans Pöögelmann
  • Rudolf Vakmann
• Finland

Communist Party of Finland

• • Otto Ville Kuusinen
  • Lauri Letonmäki
  • Johan Henrik Lumivuokko
  • Kullervo Manner
  • Jukka Rahja
• France

Committee for the Third International

• • Raymond Lefebvre
  • S. Mineff (Vanini)
  • Alfred Rosmer
• France

Socialist Party of France

• • Henri Guilbeaux
  • Jacques Sadoul
• Georgia

Communist Party of Georgia

• • Filipp Makharadze
  • Mikadze
  • Mikha-Tschakhaya (Barsov)
  • Silvestr Todriya
  • Wakashidze
  • Wardunjan
• Germany

Communist Party of Germany

• • Willi Budich
  • Paul Levi
  • Ernst Meyer
  • Jakob Walcher
  • Rosi Wolfstein
• Germany

Communist Youth

• • Leinhardt
• Great Britain

British Socialist Party

• • William McLaine
  • Tom Quelch
• Great Britain

Industrial Workers of the World

• • Richard Beech
• Great Britain

Shop Stewards Movement

• • Willie Gallacher
  • J. T. Murphy
  • David Ramsay
  • Jack Tanner
• Hungary

Communist Party of Hungary

• • Mátyás Rákosi
  • Endre Rudnyansky
  • Eugen Varga
• India

(no party affiliation)

• • Abani Mukherji
• Indonesia

Communist Party of Indonesia

• • Henk Sneevliet "Maring"
  • Tan Malaka
• Ireland

Communist Party of Ireland^[1]

• • "Z"
  • "NN"
  • "X"
• Ireland

Industrial Workers of the World

• • Roddy Connolly ("N")
• Ireland

Irish Labour Party

• • Patrick Quinlan ("Y")
• Italy

Socialist Party of Italy

• • Nicola Bombacci
  • Antonio Graziadei
  • Luigi Polano
  • Giacinto Menotti Serrati
• Korea

Socialist Party of Korea

• • Pak Chin-sun
• Latvia

Communist Party of Latvia

• • Dāvids Beika
  • Blank-Berg
  • K. Krastiņš
  • Pēteris Stučka
• Lithuania

Communist Party of Lithuania

• • Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas
  • Rasikas
• Mexico

Communist Party of Mexico

• • M.N. Roy
  • Charles Shipman ("Frank Seaman")
• Netherlands

Communist Party of Holland

• • Jan Proost Jansen
  • David Wijnkoop
• Norway

^[2]

• • Kristian Kristensen (A)
  • Einar Gerhardsen (NSU)
  • Jakob Friis (A)
  • Sverre Krogh (NSU)
  • Haavard Langseth (A)
  • Alfred Madsen (LO)
  • Hans Medby (NSU)
  • Augusta Aasen (A) – died during the Congress
  • Olav Scheflo (A)
  • Sigrid Syvertsen (A)
• Persia

Communist Party of Persia

• • Avatis Soltanzadeh
• Poland

Communist Party of Poland

• • Julian Marchlewski (Karski)
• Russia

Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks)

• • Aliev
  • Alekseev
  • Andre Andreev
  • Inesa Armand
  • Artem (F.F. Sergeev)
  • Akhundov
  • Baitursunov
  • Yan Karlovich Berzin
  • Vasily Blakitny
  • Nikolay Bukarin
  • Chernov
  • Raya Dunayevskaya
  • Feliks Dzerzhinsky
  • Abel Enukidze
  • Serafima Gopner
  • Firzov
  • Galimdzhan Ibrahimov
  • Idrisov
  • E.N. Ignatov
  • Adolf Joffe
  • Mikhail Kalinin
  • Faizullah Khojaev
  • Felix Kohn
  • Alexandra Kollontai
  • Alexander Krasnoshchyokov
  • Nikolay Krestinsky
  • Nadezhda Krupskaya
  • Vladimir Lenin
  • Aleksandr Lozovsky
  • Anatoly Lunacharsky
  • Majorova
  • Dmitry Manuilsky
  • Mereshin
  • Mikhail Olminsky
  • Valerian Osinsky
  • Mikhail Pavlovich-Weltmann
  • Stanislav Pestkovsky
  • Mikhail Pokrovsky
  • Posner
  • Yevgeny Preobrazhensky
  • Karl Radek
  • Rafes
  • Christian Rakovsky
  • Ramonov
  • David Riazanov
  • Rivkin
  • Rodzaev
  • Jānis Rudzutaks
  • Aleksey Rykov
  • Oscar Ryvkin
  • Sadovskaia
  • G.I. Safarov
  • Sakharov
  • Sekhibgarey Said-Galiev
  • Leonid Serebryakov
  • Alexander Shlyapnikov
  • Alexander Shumsky
  • Nikolai Skrypkin
  • Petr Smidovich
  • Vladimir Sorin
  • Grigory Sokolnikov
  • Iurii Steklov
  • Mirsäyet Soltanğäliev
  • Taetlin
  • Viktor Taratuta
  • Leon Trotsky
  • Mikhail Tomsky
  • Grigori Tsiperovich
  • Vadim Vatin
  • Voronova
  • Emilien Yaroslavsky
  • Yanson
  • Zeitlin
  • Grigory Zinoviev
• Spain

National Confederation of Labor

• • Ángel Pestaña
• Sweden

Left Social Democratic Party of Sweden

• • Kata Dahlström
  • Sven Linderot
• Switzerland

Communist Party of Switzerland (Forderung)

• • Backer
  • Jakob Herzog
• Switzerland

Social Democratic Party Left

• • Walther Bringolf
  • Jules Humbert-Droz
• United States

Communist Party of America

• • Louis Fraina
  • Alexander Stocklitski
• United States

Communist Labor Party of America

• • Alexander Bilan
  • Edward I. Lindgren ("Flynn")
  • Eadmon MacAlpine
  • John Reed
• United States

Independent Socialist Youth

• • Chabrow
  • Jurgis
• Yugoslavia

Communist Party of Yugoslavia

• • Ilija Milkić
• Communist Youth International
  • Sigi Bamatter (Switzerland)
  • Willi Münzenberg (Germany)
  • Lazar Shatzkin (Russia)

Consultative Delegates (voice, no vote)

• Australia

Communist League

• • Freeman
  • Susenko
• Austria

Poale Zion

• • Cohn-Eber
• Bukhara

Communist Party of Bukhara

• • Machamadyer
• China

Chinese Socialist Workers Party

• • Lao Hsiu-chao
  • An En-Hak
• Czechoslovakia

Communist Group

• • Malinow
  • Sonnenstein
• Estonia

Independent Socialist Party

• • Jonas
• Finland

Communist Party of Finland

• • Edvard Gylling
  • Kustaa Rovio
  • Tammenoksa
• France

Revolutionary Student Group

• • M. Goldenberg
• France

Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière

• • Marcel Cachin
  • Ludovic-Oscar Frossard
• France

(no party affiliation designated)

• • A.E. Abramovich
• Germany

Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD)

• • Arthur Crispien
  • Ernst Däumig
  • Wilhelm Dittmann
• Germany

Communist Workers Party (KAPD)^[3]

• • Jan Appel
  • Franz Jung

(Otto Rühle and August Merges were also sent as delegates of the KAPD after the party lost touch with Appel and Jung. They however refused to participate in the congress.

• Germany

General Workers' Union of Germany (AAUD)

• • Hermann Knüfken
• Great Britain

National League of Labour Youth

• • Walton Newbold
  • Marjory Newbold
• Great Britain

Workers' Socialist Federation

• • Sylvia Pankhurst
  • Helen Crawfurd
• Iceland

Icelandic Labour Party

• • Brynjólfur Bjarnason
  • Hendrik Siemsen Ottósson
• India
  • M.P.B.T. Acharya^{[4] [5]}
• Italy

Socialist Party of Italy

• • Amadeo Bordiga
  • Emileo Columbino
  • D'Aragona
  • Paverini
  • Vincenzo Vacirca
• Mexico

Communist Party of Mexico

• • Helen Allan
• Persia

Communist Party of Persia

• • Hassanov
  • Orudshev
• Russia

Communist Bund

• • Mosei Litvakov
  • Aron Weinstein
• Russia

Party of Revolutionary Communism

• • • • • United States

(no party affiliation specified)

• • Gildea
• Executive Committee of the Communist International
  • Angelica Balabanova (Russia)
  • Lev Karakhan (Russia)
  • Gustav Klinger (Russia)
  • Menshoi

See also

• List of delegates of the 1st Comintern congress

References

• http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/eam/ci/ci-congress20delegates.html

R.A. Archer (trans.), Second Congress of the Communist International: Minutes of the Proceedings [in two volumes]. (London: New Park Publications, 1977), v. 2, pp. 297–326.

External links

• "Minutes of the Second Congress of the Communist International", at marxists.org

Notes and References

1. Mike Milotte in Communism in Modern Ireland: The Pursuit of the Workers' Republic Since 1916 lists two delegates, Eadmon MacAlpine and Roddy Connolly. MacAlpine is here also listed as a delegate of the Communist Labor Party of America.
2. Book: Maurseth, Per. Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935. 1987. Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge. Tiden. Oslo. Norwegian. 82-10-02753-0. 139.
3. Book: Bourrinet . Philippe . The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900-1968): 'Neither Lenin Nor Trotsky Nor Stalin!' - 'All Workers Must Think for Themselves!' . 2018 . Haymarket Books . 978-1-60846-821-8 . en.
4. Rahlan, O.P. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Political Parties - Indian - Pakistan - Bangladesh - National - Regional - Local - Vol. 13 All India Trade Union Congress. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 1997. p. 116
5. M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 109