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

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.

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

Plenary sessions

Plenary sessions of the Central Committee
PlenumDateLength
1st Plenary Session4–5 August 19172 days
2nd Plenary Session10 October 19171 day
3rd Plenary Session16 October 19171 day
4th Plenary Session20 October 19171 day
5th Plenary Session24 October 19171 day
6th Plenary Session7 November 19171 day
7th Plenary Session29 November 19171 day
8th Plenary Session11 December 19171 day
9th Plenary Session9 January 19181 day
10th Plenary Session22 February 19181 day
11th Plenary Session23 February 19181 day

Composition

Members

Members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
NameCyrillicApril CC7th CCBirthDeathPMNationalityGenderPortrait
Jan BerzinЯн БерзинNewCandidate188119381902LatvianMale
Andrei BubnovАндрей БубновCandidateNot188419381903RussianMale
Nikolai BukharinНикола́й Буха́ринNewReelected188819381906RussianMale
Felix DzerzhinskyФе́ликс Дзержи́нскийNewReelected187719261906PolishMale
Lev KamenevЛев Ка́меневOldReelected188319361901Jewish-Russian

[1][2][a]

Male
Alexandra KollontaiАлекса́ндра Коллонта́йNewNot187219521915Ukrainian-Finnish

[3][b]

Female
Nikolay KrestinskyНикола́й Крести́нскийNewReelected188319381901Ukrainian[4]Male
Vladimir LeninВладимир ЛенинOldReelected187019241898RussianMale
Vladimir MilyutinВладимир МилютинOldNot188419371910RussianMale
Matvei MuranovМатвей МурановNewNot187319591904UkrainianMale
Viktor NoginВи́ктор Ноги́нOldNot187819241898RussianMale
Alexei RykovАлексей РыковNewNot188119381899RussianMale
Fyodor SergeyevФёдор Серге́евNewReelected188319211914RussianMale
Stepan ShahumyanСтепан ШаумянNewNot187819181898ArmenianMale
Ivar SmilgaИвар СмилгаOldReelected189219381907LatvianMale
Grigori SokolnikovГригорий СокольниковNewReelected188819391905Jewish[5][6]Male
Joseph StalinИо́сиф Ста́линOldReelected187819531898GeorgianMale
Yakov SverdlovЯ́ков Свердло́вOldReelected188519191901Jewish[7][8]Male
Leon TrotskyЛев Тро́цкийNewReelected187919401917Jewish[9][10]Male
Moisei UritskyМоисей УрицкийNewCandidate187319181917Jewish[11][10]Male
Grigory ZinovievГриго́рий Зино́вьевOldReelected188319361901Jewish[12][13]Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
NameCyrillicApril CC7th CCBirthDeathPMNationalityGenderPortrait
Prokofy DzhaparidzeПрокофий ДжапаридзеNewNot188019181898GeorgianMale
Adolph JoffeАдо́льф Ио́ффеNewCandidate188319271910Karaite[14][10]Male
Aleksei KiselyovАлексей КиселёвNewCandidate187919371898RussianMale
Georgy OppokovГео́ргий Оппо́ковNewCandidate188819381903RussianMale
Yevgeni PreobrazhenskyЕвге́ний Преображе́нскийNewNot188619371903RussianMale
Mykola SkrypnykМикола СкрипникNewNot187219331898UkrainianMale
Elena StasovaЕле́на Ста́соваNewMember187319661898RussianFemale
Varvara YakovlevaВарвара ЯковлеваNewNot188419411904Jewish[10]Female

Prospectives

Prospective Members of the Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
NameCyrillicApril CC7th CCBirthDeathPMEthnicityGenderPortrait
Valerian OsinskyВалериан ОболенскийNewNot188719381907RussianMale
Ivan TeodorovichИва́н Теодо́ровичCandidateNot187519371898PolishMale

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:

Bibliography

Sources

Notes