Central Committee elected by the 11th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Central Committee elected
by the 11th Congress

10th ← → 12th
Delegates at the 11th Party Congress
Duration	2 April 1922 – 25 April 1923
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Second Secretary	Vyacheslav Molotov
Inner-groups	Politburo: 7 full & 3 candidates Secretariat: 3 members Orgburo: 7 full & 3 candidates
Apparatus	Seven bureaus, six departments and one administrative post
Members	27 full and 17 candidates

The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 11th Congress, and sat from 2 April 1922 until 25 April 1923 . The CC 1st Plenary Session renewed the composition of the Politburo, Secretariat and the Organizational Bureau (OB) of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

Keys

✡	Indicates that the individual was born into a Jewish family.
BY	Birth year.
DY	Death year.
PM	Party membership (when the individual joined the party).
PB	Politburo member.
SC	Secretariat member.
OB	Orgburo member.
CPB, CSC, COB	The first "C" in these initials refers to "Candidate member"

Plenums

The CC was not a permanent institution. It convened nine plenary sessions between the 11th Congress and the 12th 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	Start–end	Length
1st Plenary Session	3 April 1922	1 day
2nd Plenary Session	16 May 1922	1 day
3rd Plenary Session	2 August 1922	1 day
4th Plenary Session	8 August 1922	1 day
5th Plenary Session	5–7 October 1922	3 days
6th Plenary Session	18 December 1922	1 day
7th Plenary Session	21–24 February 1923	4 days
8th Plenary Session	30–31 March 1923	2 days
9th Plenary Session	15 April 1923	1 day

Apparatus

Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 11th Congress and the 12th 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]

Institutions	Head				Took office	Left office	Tenure	Ethnicity
	Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	PM
Accounting and Distribution Department	Syrtsov, SergeySergey Syrtsov Серге́й Сырцо́в	1893	1937	1913	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Russian
Agitation and Propaganda Department	Bubnov, AndreiAndrei Bubnov Андрей Бубнов	1884	1938	1903	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Russian
Chief Administrator	Ksenofontov, IvanIvan Ksenofontov Иван Ксенофонтов	1884	1926	1903	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Russian
Caucasian Bureau	Ordzhonikidze, GrigolGrigol Ordzhonikidze Григо́рий Орджоники́дзе	1886	1937	1903	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Russian
Central Asian Bureau	Rudzutaks, JānisJānis Rudzutaks Ян Рудзутак	1887	1938	1905	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Latvian
Far Eastern Bureau	Kubiak, NikolayNikolay Kubiak Николай Кубяк	1881	1937	1898	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Russian
Finance Department	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Office of the Secretariat	Nazaretyan, AmayakAmayak Nazaretyan Николай Лисицын	1889	1937	1905	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Armenian
Organizational-Instruction Department	Lisitsyn, NikolaiNikolai Lisitsyn Николай Лисицын	1891	1938	1910	2 April 1922	June 1922	90 days	Russian
Organizational-Instruction Department	Kaganovich, LazarLazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович	1893	1991	1911	June 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 26 days	Russian✡
Party History Department	Olminsky, MikhailMikhail Olminsky Михаил Ольминский	1863	1933	1898	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Russian
Siberian Bureau	Kosior, StanislavStanislav Kosior Станислав Косиор	1889	1939	1907	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Polish
South-East Bureau	Mikoyan, AnastasAnastas Mikoyan Анастас Микоян	1895	1978	1915	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Armenian
Statistical Department	Strumilin, StanislavStanislav Strumilin Михаил Ольминский	1877	1974	1923	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Russian
Ural Bureau	Sapronov, TimofeiTimofei Sapronov Тимофе́й Сапро́нов	1887	1937	1898	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Russian
Ural Industrial Bureau	Sulimov, DaniilDaniil Sulimov Даниил Сулимов	1890	1937	1905	2 April 1922	25 April 1923	1 year and 23 days	Russian

Members

Full

Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	PM	Ethnicity	Portrait	First post held (during term)	CIM
Andreyev, AndreyAndrey Andreyev Андрей Андреев	1895	1971	1914	Russian		Chairman, Central Committee of the All-Russian Union of Miners	OB
Bukharin, NikolaiNikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин	1888	1938	1906	Russian		Editor-in-chief, Pravda	CPB
Chubar, VlasVlas Chubar Влас Чубар	1891	1939	1907	Ukrainian		Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Ukrainian SSR	—
Dzerzhinsky, FelixFelix Dzerzhinsky Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский	1877	1926	1906	Polish		Chairman, All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Profiteering and Corruption People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Russian SFSR	OB
Frunze, MikhailMikhail Frunze Михаил Фрунзе	1885	1925	1904	Moldovan		Commander, Ukrainian Military District	—
Kalinin, MikhailMikhail Kalinin Михаил Калинин	1875	1946	1898	Russian		Chairman, Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets Member, Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets	CPB, COB
Kamenev, LevLev Kamenev Лев Ка́менев	1883	1936	1901	Russian✡		Chairman, Executive Committee of the Moscow Regional Soviet	PB
Korotkov, IvanIvan Korotkov Иван Коротков	1885	1949	1905	Russian	—	First Secretary, Ivanovo-Voznesensky Regional Committee	—
Kuybyshev, ValerianValerian Kuybyshev Валериан Куйбышев	1888	1935	1904	Russian		Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Russian SFSR Member, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Russian SFSR	SC, OB
Lenin, VladimirVladimir Lenin Владимир Ленин	1870	1924	1898	Russian		Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR Chairman, Council of Labor and Defense of the Russian SFSR	PB
Molotov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Molotov Вячеслав Молотов	1890	1986	1906	Russian		—	CPB, SC, OB
Ordzhonikidze, GrigolGrigol Ordzhonikidze Григо́рий Орджоники́дзе	1886	1937	1903	Georgian		First Secretary, Transcaucasian Regional Committee	—
Petrovsky, GrigoryGrigory Petrovsky Григо́рій Петро́вський	1878	1958	1898	Ukrainian		Chairman, Central Executive Committee of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets Member, Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets	—
Radek, KarlKarl Radek Карл Радек	1885	1939	1903	Lithuanian✡		Chairman, Executive Committee of the Communist International	—
Rakovsky, ChristianChristian Rakovsky Христиан Раковский	1873	1941	1917	Bulgarian		Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR	—
Rudzutaks, JānisJānis Rudzutaks Ян Рудзутак	1887	1938	1905	Latvian		Chairman, Central Asian Bureau	COB
Rykov, AlexeiAlexei Rykov Алексей Рыков	1881	1938	1899	Russian		Deputy Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR Deputy Chairman, Council of Labor and Defense of the Russian SFSR	PB, OB
Sapronov, TimofeiTimofei Sapronov Тимофе́й Сапро́нов	1887	1937	1898	Russian		Secretary, Ural Bureau	—
Smirnov, AlexanderAlexander Smirnov Александр Смирнов	1878	1938	1898	Russian	—	Deputy People's Commissar for Food of the Russian SFSR	—
Sokolnikov, GrigoriGrigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников	1888	1938	1905	Ukrainian✡		First Deputy People's Commissar for Finance of the Russian SFSR	—
Stalin, JosephJoseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин	1878	1953	1898	Georgian		People's Commissar for Nationalities of the Russian SFSR Chairman, Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate of the Russian SFSR General Secretary, Central Committee	PB, SC, OB
Tomsky, MikhailMikhail Tomsky Михаил Томский	1880	1936	1904	Russian		Chairman, All-Russian Council of Trade Unions Member, Presidium of the All-Russian Council of Trade Unions	PB, OB
Trotsky, LeonLeon Trotsky Лев Тро́цкий	1879	1940	1917	Russian✡		People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the Russian SFSR Chairman, Revolutionary Military Council of the Russian SFSR	PB
Voroshilov, KlimentKliment Voroshilov Климент Ворошилов	1881	1969	1903	Russian		Commander, North Caucasus Military District	—
Yaroslavsky, YemelyanYemelyan Yaroslavsky Емельян Ярославский	1878	1943	1898	Russian✡		Member, Siberian Bureau	—
Zelensky, IsaakIsaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский	1890	1937	1906	Russian✡	—	First Secretary, Moscow City Committee	COB
Zinoviev, GrigoryGrigory Zinoviev Григо́рий Зино́вьев	1883	1936	1901	Russian✡		Chairman, Executive Committee of the Communist International Chairman, Executive Committee of the Petrograd Regional Soviet	PB

Candidates

Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	PM	Ethnicity	Portrait	First post held (during term)
Badayev, AlekseiAleksei Badayev Алексей Бадаев	1883	1951	1904	Russian		Chairman, Petrograd Regional Food Committee
Bubnov, AndreiAndrei Bubnov Андрей Бубнов	1884	1938	1903	Russian		Head, Agitation and Propaganda Department
Gusev, SergeySergey Gusev Сергей Гусев	1874	1933	1898	Russian✡		Member, Revolutionary Military Council
Kirov, SergeySergey Kirov Серге́й Ки́ров	1886	1934	1904	Russian		First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Azerbaijan
Kiselyov, AlekseiAleksei Kiselyov Алексей Киселёв	1879	1937	1898	Russian		Chairman, Permanent Commission of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR
Komarov, NikolayNikolay Komarov Николай Комаров	1886	1937	1909	Russian	—	Secretary, Executive Committee of the Petrograd Regional Soviet
Krivov, TimofeiTimofei Krivov Тимофей Кривов	1886	1966	1905	Russian	—	Member, Ufa Revolutionary Committee
Lebed, DmitryDmitry Lebed Дмитрий Лебедь	1893	1937	1909	Russian	—	Chairman, Central Committee of the All-Russian Union of Miners
Lepse, IvanIvan Lepse Иван Лепсе	1889	1929	1904	Latvian	—	Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Metalworkers
Lobov, SemenSemen Lobov Семён Лобов	1888	1937	1913	Russian	—	Head, Fuel Management of the Foreign Oil Syndicate
Manuilsky, DmitryDmitry Manuilsky Дмитро Мануїльський	1883	1959	1903	Ukrainian		First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine
Mikoyan, AnastasAnastas Mikoyan Анастас Микоян	1895	1978	1915	Armenian		First Secretary, Nizhny Novgorod Regional Committee
Mikhailov, VasilyVasily Mikhailov Василий Михайлов	1894	1937	1915	Russian	—	First Secretary, Moscow Regional Committee
Pyatakov, GeorgyGeorgy Pyatakov Юрій П'ятаков	1890	1937	1910	Russian		Deputy Chairman, State Planning Commission of the Council of Labor and Defense
Rakhimbaev, AbdullahAbdullah Rakhimbaev Абдулло Рахимбаев	1896	1938	1919	Uzbek		Chairman, Central Executive Committee of the All-Turk Congress of Soviet
Safarov, GeorgyGeorgy Safarov Георгий Сафаров	1891	1942	1908	Russian		Head, Middle East Department of the Executive Committee of the Communist International
Schmidt, VasilyVasily Schmidt Сергей Чуцкаев	1886	1938	1905	Russian		Member, Presidium of the All-Russian Council of Trade Unions
Smilga, IvarIvar Smilga Ивар Смилга	1892	1938	1907	Latvian		Deputy Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Russian SFSR Member, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Russian SFSR
Sulimov, DaniilDaniil Sulimov Даниил Сулимов	1890	1937	1905	Russian		Chairman, Ural Industrial Bureau

References

General

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the XI th Congress of the RCP (B) 02.04.1922 members" reference), the Central Committee full- and candidate membership, Politburo 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.
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• Staff writer (19 June 2008). "ЕВРЕИ И ВЛАСТЬ В РОССИИ (1917-1924 гг.)" [Jews and Power in Russia (1917–1924 biennum)] (in Russian). LDN - приватное собрание книг. 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.
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Bibliography

• Fainsod, Merle; Hough, Jerry F. (1979). How the Soviet Union is Governed. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674410305.
• Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1984). "Chapter 3: Statute of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union". In Simons, Williams; White, Stephens. The Party Statutes of the Communist World. Law in Eastern Europe. Brill Publishers. pp. 413–435. ISBN 9024729750.

Sources

1. Simons & White 1984, pp. 423–425.
2. Fainsod & Hough 1979, p. 410.
3. Fainsod & Hough 1979, pp. 410–411 & 417–419.
4. Fainsod & Hough 1979, pp. 417–419.