Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Central Committee
of the 6th Congress
3 August 1917 – 8 March 1918
Third SecretaryElena Stasova
Technical SecretaryElena Stasova
SecretaryElena Stasova
Deputy SecretaryElena Stasova
Candidates

The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 6th Congress, and sat from 3 August 1917 until 8 March 1918. The CC 1st Plenary Session established the Narrow Composition (abolished October 1917), the Politburo (abolished November 1917) and the Bureau (established in November 1917), while sanctioning the establishment of the Secretariat on the orders of the Narrow Composition.

Plenary sessions

Plenary sessions of the Central Committee
Plenum Date Length
1st Plenary Session 4–5 August 1917 2 days
2nd Plenary Session 10 October 1917 1 day
3rd Plenary Session 16 October 1917 1 day
4th Plenary Session 20 October 1917 1 day
5th Plenary Session 24 October 1917 1 day
6th Plenary Session 7 November 1917 1 day
7th Plenary Session 29 November 1917 1 day
8th Plenary Session 11 December 1917 1 day
9th Plenary Session 9 January 1918 1 day
10th Plenary Session 22 February 1918 1 day
11th Plenary Session 23 February 1918 1 day

Composition

Members

Members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic April CC 7th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Jan Berzin Ян Берзин New Candidate 1881 1938 1902 Latvian Male
Andrei Bubnov Андрей Бубнов Candidate Not 1884 1938 1903 Russian Male
Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин New Reelected 1888 1938 1906 Russian Male
Felix Dzerzhinsky Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский New Reelected 1877 1926 1906 Polish Male
Lev Kamenev Лев Ка́менев Old Reelected 1883 1936 1901 Jewish-Russian

[1][2][a]

Male
Alexandra Kollontai Алекса́ндра Коллонта́й New Not 1872 1952 1915 Ukrainian-Finnish

[3][b]

Female
Nikolay Krestinsky Никола́й Крести́нский New Reelected 1883 1938 1901 Ukrainian[4] Male
Vladimir Lenin Владимир Ленин Old Reelected 1870 1924 1898 Russian Male
Vladimir Milyutin Владимир Милютин Old Not 1884 1937 1910 Russian Male
Matvei Muranov Матвей Муранов New Not 1873 1959 1904 Ukrainian Male
Viktor Nogin Ви́ктор Ноги́н Old Not 1878 1924 1898 Russian Male
Alexei Rykov Алексей Рыков New Not 1881 1938 1899 Russian Male
Fyodor Sergeyev Фёдор Серге́ев New Reelected 1883 1921 1914 Russian Male
Stepan Shahumyan Степан Шаумян New Not 1878 1918 1898 Armenian Male
Ivar Smilga Ивар Смилга Old Reelected 1892 1938 1907 Latvian Male
Grigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников New Reelected 1888 1939 1905 Jewish[5][6] Male
Joseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин Old Reelected 1878 1953 1898 Georgian Male
Yakov Sverdlov Я́ков Свердло́в Old Reelected 1885 1919 1901 Jewish[7][8] Male
Leon Trotsky Лев Тро́цкий New Reelected 1879 1940 1917 Jewish[9][10] Male
Moisei Uritsky Моисей Урицкий New Candidate 1873 1918 1917 Jewish[11][10] Male
Grigory Zinoviev Григо́рий Зино́вьев Old Reelected 1883 1936 1901 Jewish[12][13] Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic April CC 7th CC Birth Death PM Nationality Gender Portrait
Prokofy Dzhaparidze Прокофий Джапаридзе New Not 1880 1918 1898 Georgian Male
Adolph Joffe Адо́льф Ио́ффе New Candidate 1883 1927 1910 Karaite[14][10] Male
Aleksei Kiselyov Алексей Киселёв New Candidate 1879 1937 1898 Russian Male
Georgy Oppokov Гео́ргий Оппо́ков New Candidate 1888 1938 1903 Russian Male
Yevgeni Preobrazhensky Евге́ний Преображе́нский New Not 1886 1937 1903 Russian Male
Mykola Skrypnyk Микола Скрипник New Not 1872 1933 1898 Ukrainian Male
Elena Stasova Еле́на Ста́сова New Member 1873 1966 1898 Russian Female
Varvara Yakovleva Варвара Яковлева New Not 1884 1941 1904 Jewish[10] Female

Prospectives

Prospective Members of the Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
Name Cyrillic April CC 7th CC Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender Portrait
Valerian Osinsky Валериан Оболенский New Not 1887 1938 1907 Russian Male
Ivan Teodorovich Ива́н Теодо́рович Candidate Not 1875 1937 1898 Polish Male

References

General

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the VIth Party Congress (b) 3 (16) .8.1917 members" reference), the Central Committee full- and candidate membership, Bureau membership, Secretariat membership and Orgburo membership were taken from these sources:

  • Staff writer. "Съезды, конференции, пленумы и заседания РСДРП – РСДРП(б) – РКП(б) – ВКП(б) – КПСС" [Congresses, conferences, plenary meetings and meetings of the RSDLP – RSDLP (b) – RCP (b) – AUCP (b) – CPSU] (in Russian). knowbysight.info. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  • Staff writer. "Персональный состав Центрального комитета РСДРП – РСДРП(б) – РКП(б) – ВКП(б) – КПСС" [Membership of the Central Committee of the RSDLP – RSDLP (b) – RCP (b) – AUCP (b) – CPSU] (in Russian). knowbysight.info. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  • Staff writer. "Центральный Комитет, избранный VI-м съездом РСДРП(б) 3(16).8.1917, члены" [The Central Committee elected by the VIth Party Congress (b) 3 (16) .8.1917 members] (in Russian). knowbysight.info. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  • 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] (in Russian). Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  • Staff writer. "Секретариат ЦК РСДРП - РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - КПСС" [Secretariat of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) – RCP (b) – AUCP (b) – CPSU] (in Russian). Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  • Staff writer. "Организационное бюро РКП(б) - ВКП(б)" [Organizational Bureau of the RCP (b) – AUCP (b)] (in Russian). Retrieved 21 June 2015.

Bibliography

Sources

  1. ^ Service, Robert (2005). Stalin: A Biography. Harvard University Press. p. 103.
  2. ^ Lindemann, Albert S. (1997). Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews. Cambridge University Press. p. 430.
  3. ^ Riga, Liliana (2012). The Bolsheviks and the Russian Empire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 124 and 304.
  4. ^ Marie, Jean-Jacques (1974). Makers of the Russian Revolution: Biographies of Bolshevik Leaders. Cornell University Press. p. 152.
  5. ^ "Сокольников Григорий Яковлевич". www.hrono.ru.
  6. ^ Riga, Liliana (2012). The Bolsheviks and the Russian Empire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 60 and 305.
  7. ^ Riga, Liliana (2012). The Bolsheviks and the Russian Empire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 60 and 305.
  8. ^ Lindemann, Albert S. (1997). Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews. Cambridge University Press. p. 431.
  9. ^ Rubenstein, Joshua (2011). Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life. Yale University Press. p. 1.
  10. ^ a b c d Riga, Liliana (2012). The Bolsheviks and the Russian Empire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 60 and 304.
  11. ^ Lindemann, Albert S. (1997). Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews. Cambridge University Press. p. 431.
  12. ^ Service, Robert (2005). Stalin: A Biography. Harvard University Press. p. 103.
  13. ^ Lindemann, Albert S. (1997). Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews. Cambridge University Press. p. 430.
  14. ^ Lindemann, Albert (1997). Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews. Cambridge University Press. p. 430. ISBN 9780521593694.

Notes

  1. ^ His father was Jewish and his mother Russian
  2. ^ Her father was Ukrainian and her mother Finnish
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