12th Politburo and the 12th Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

The 12th Politburo and 12th Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) were elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 12th Central Committee, in the immediate aftermath of the 12th Congress.

12th Politburo

Candidate members
Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Bukharin, NikolaiNikolai Bukharin (1888–1938)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days
Kalinin, MikhailMikhail Kalinin (1875–1946)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days
Molotov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days
Rudzutaks, JānisJānis Rudzutaks (1887–1938)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days

Full members
Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Zinoviev, GrigoriyGrigoriy Zinoviev (1883–1936)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days
Kamenev, LevLev Kamenev (1883–1936)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days
Lenin, VladimirVladimir Lenin (1870–1924)	26 April 1923	21 January 1924	7007233280000000000♠270 days
Rykov, AlexeiAlexei Rykov (1881–1938)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days
Stalin, JosephJoseph Stalin (1878–1953)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days
Tomsky, MikhailMikhail Tomsky (1880–1936)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days
Trotsky, LeonLeon Trotsky (1879–1940)	26 April 1923	2 June 1924	7007347544000000000♠1 year, 37 days

12th Secretariat

Full members

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Andreyev, AndreiAndrei Andreyev (1895–1971)	3 February 1924	31 May 1924	7007101952000000000♠118 days	Elected at the 7th Plenary Session.
Molotov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986)	26 April 1923	31 May 1924	7007345816000000000♠1 year, 35 days	—
Stalin, JosephJoseph Stalin (1878–1953)	26 April 1923	31 May 1924	7007345816000000000♠1 year, 35 days	Elected General Secretary at the 1st Plenary Session.
Rudzutaks, JānisJānis Rudzutaks (1887–1936)	26 April 1923	2 February 1924	7007243648000000000♠282 days	Relieved of his duties on the orders of the 12th Politburo.

Candidate members

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Mikhailov, VasilyVasily Mikhailov (1894–1937)	14 June 1923	31 May 1924	7007305856000000000♠354 days	Was elected on the orders of the 12th Politburo.
Zelensky, IsaakIsaak Zelensky (1887–1938)	14 June 1923	31 May 1924	7007305856000000000♠354 days	Was elected on the orders of the 12th Politburo.

References

History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Organization

Congress

Conference

1st (1905)
2nd (1906)
3rd (August 1907)
4th (November 1907)
5th (1908)
6th (1912)
7th (1917)
8th (1919)
9th (1920)
10th (May 1921)
11th (December 1921)
12th (1922)
13th (1924)
14th (1925)
15th (1926)
16th (1929)
17th (1932)
18th (1941)
19th (1988)

Party leadership

Party leaders	Vladimir Lenin (1912–1924) Joseph Stalin (1929–1953) Nikita Khrushchev (1953–1964) Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982) Yuri Andropov (1982–1984) Konstantin Chernenko (1984–1985) Mikhail Gorbachev (1985–1991)

Politburo	Aug.–Oct. 1917 Oct.–Dec. 1917 6th (1917–18) 7th (1918–19) 8th (1919–20) 9th (1920–21) 10th (1921–22) 11th (1922–23) 12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1926–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th–21st (1956–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90) 28th (1990–91)

Secretariat	6th (1917–18) 7th (1918–19) 8th (1919–20) 9th (1920–21) 10th (1921–22) 11th (1922–23) 12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1926–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th–21st (1956–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90) 28th (1990–91)

Orgburo	7th (Jan.–Mar. 1919) 8th (1919–20) 9th (1920–21) 10th (1921–22) 11th (1922–23) 12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–26) 14th (1926–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52)

Central Control Commission	9th (1920–21) 10th (1921–22) 11th (1922–23) 12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1926–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th–21st (1956–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90) 28th (1990–91)

Central Committee	1st (1898–1903) 2nd (1903–05) 3rd (1905–06) 4th (1906–07) 5th (1907–12) 6th (1912–17) 7th (Apr.–Aug. 1917) 8th (1917–18) 9th (1918–19) 10th (1919–20) 11th (1920–21) 12th (1921–22) 13th (1922–23) 14th (1923–24) 15th (1924–25) 16th (1926–27) 17th (1927–30) 18th (1930–34) 19th (1934–39) 20th (1939–41) 21st (1941–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th (1956–59) 21th (1959–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90) 28th (1990–91)

Central Auditing Commission	8th–9th (1919–21) 10th–12th (1921–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1926–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th–21st (1956–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90)

Departments of the
Central Committee

Administrative Organs
Agriculture
Chemical Industry
Construction
Culture
Defence Industry
Foreign Cadres
General
Heavy Industry
Information
International
Light- and Food Industry
Machine Industry
Organisational-party Work
Planning and Financial Organs
Political Administration of the Ministry of Defence
Propaganda
Science and Education
Trade and Consumers' Services
Transportation-Communications

Republican branches

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