Central Committee elected by the 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)

Central Committee elected
by the 6th Congress

7th Conf. ← → 7th Cong.
Duration	3 August 1917 – 8 March 1918
Technical Secretary	Elena Stasova
Members	21 full and 10 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 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.

Keys

	Indicates that the individual was born into a Jewish family.
	Indicates that the individual is female.
BY	Birth year.
DY	Death year.
PM	Party membership (when the individual joined the party).
NC	Narrow Composition member.
PB	Politburo member.
B	Bureau member.
SC	Secretariat member.

Meetings

Meeting of the Central Committee (4–5 August 1917) Meeting of the Central Committee (10 October 1917) Meeting of the Central Committee (16 October 1917) Meeting of the Central Committee (20 October 1917) Meeting of the Central Committee (24 October 1917) Meeting of the Central Committee (7 November 1917)

Meeting of the Central Committee (29 November 1917) Meeting of the Central Committee (11 December 1917) Meeting of the Central Committee (9 January 1918) Meeting of the Central Committee (22 February 1918) Meeting of the Central Committee (23 February 1918)

Members

Full

Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	PM	Ethnicity	Portrait	First post held (during term)	CIM
Bērziņš-Ziemelis, JānisJānis Bērziņš-Ziemelis Ян Берзиньш-Зиемелис	1881	1938	1902	Latvian		Member, Central Committee Committee of the Social-Democracy of the Latvian Territory	—
Bubnov, AndreiAndrei Bubnov Андрей Бубнов	1884	1938	1903	Russian		Member, Collegium of the People's Commissariat for Railways of the Russian SFSR	NC, PB
Bukharin, NikolaiNikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин	1888	1938	1906	Russian		Editor-in-chief, Pravda	—
Dzerzhinsky, FelixFelix Dzerzhinsky Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский	1877	1926	1906	Polish		Chairman, All-Russian Emergency Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage Member, Collegium of the People's Commissar for Interior Affairs of the Russian SFSR	NC, SC
Kamenev, LevLev Kamenev Лев Ка́менев	1883	1936	1901	Jewish		Chairman, Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets	PB
Kollontai, AlexandraAlexandra Kollontai Алекса́ндра Коллонта́й	1872	1952	1915	Russian		People's Commissar for Social Welfare of the Russian SFSR	—
Krestinsky, NikolayNikolay Krestinsky Никола́й Крести́нский	1883	1938	1901	Russian		Deputy Chief Commissioner, People's Bank of the Russian SFSR Chairman, Yekaterinburg Military Revolutionary Committee	—
Lenin, VladimirVladimir Lenin Владимир Ленин	1870	1924	1898	Russian		Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR	PB, B
Milyutin, VladimirVladimir Milyutin Владимир Милютин	1884	1937	1910	Russian		People's Commissar for Agriculture of the Russian SFSR	NC
Muranov, MatveiMatvei Muranov Матвей Муранов	1873	1959	1904	Ukrainian		Deputy People's Commissar for Interior Affairs of the Russian SFSR Member, Collegium of the People's Commissar for Interior Affairs of the Russian SFSR	NC, SC
Nogin, ViktorViktor Nogin Ви́ктор Ноги́н	1878	1924	1898	Russian		People's Commissar for Trade and Industry of the Russian SFSR	—
Rykov, AlexeiAlexei Rykov Алексей Рыков	1881	1938	1899	Russian		People's Commissar for Interior Affairs of the Russian SFSR Member, Collegium of the People's Commissar for Interior Affairs of the Russian SFSR	—
Sergeyev, "Artyom" Fyodor"Artyom" Fyodor Sergeyev Фёдор Серге́ев	1895	1921	1914	Russian		Chairman, General Secretariat of Ukraine	—
Shahumyan, StepanStepan Shahumyan Степан Шаумян	1878	1918	1898	Armenian		Council of People's Commissars Representative in the Caucasus Chairman, Executive Committee of the Baku City Soviet	NC
Smilga, IvarIvar Smilga Ивар Смилга	1892	1938	1907	Latvian		Council of People's Commissars Representative in Finland Chairman, Regional Executive Committee of the Army, Fleet, and Workers of Finland	—
Sokolnikov, GrigoriGrigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников	1888	1939	1905	Jewish		Deputy Commissar, State Bank of the Russian SFSR Member, Executive Committee of the Petrograd City Soviet	NC, PB
Stalin, JosephJoseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин	1878	1953	1898	Georgian		People's Commissar for Nationalities of the Russian SFSR	NC, PB, B
Sverdlov, YakovYakov Sverdlov Я́ков Миха́йлович Свердло́в	1885	1919	1901	Jewish		Chairman, Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets	NC, SC, B
Trotsky, LeonLeon Trotsky Лев Тро́цкий	1879	1940	1917	Jewish		People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR	PB, B
Uritsky, MoiseiMoisei Uritsky Моисей Урицкий	1873	1918	1917	Russian		Member, Collegium of the People's Commissar for Interior Affairs of the Russian SFSR	NC
Zinoviev, GrigoryGrigory Zinoviev Григо́рий Зино́вьев	1883	1936	1901	Russian		Chairman, Executive Committee of the Petrograd City Soviet	PB

Candidates

Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	PM	Ethnicity	Portrait	First post held (during term)	CIM
Dzhaparidze, ProkofyProkofy Dzhaparidze Прокофий Джапаридзе	1880	1918	1898	Georgian		Chairman, Executive Committee of the Baku City Soviet	—
Joffe, AdolphAdolph Joffe Адо́льф Абра́мович Ио́ффе	1883	1927	1910	Russian		Member, Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee	NC, SC
Kiselyov, AlekseiAleksei Kiselyov Алексей Киселёв	1879	1937	1898	Russian		Member, Collegium of the Central Bureau for Prisoners of War and Refugees	—
Oppokov, GeorgyGeorgy Oppokov Гео́ргий Оппо́ков	1888	1938	1903	Russian		People's Commissar for Justice Member, Moscow Military Revolutionary Committee	—
Preobrazhensky, YevgeniYevgeni Preobrazhensky Евге́ний Преображе́нский	1886	1937	1903	Russian		Deputy Chairman, Executive Committee of the Chita Regional Soviet	—
Skrypnyk, MykolaMykola Skrypnyk Микола Скрипник	1872	1933	1898	Ukrainian		People's Secretary of Labour and Industry of the Ukrainian SSR Member, Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee	—
Stasova, ElenaElena Stasova Еле́на Ста́сова	1873	1966	1898	Russian		Technical Secretary, Central Committee	NC, SC
Yakovleva, VarvaraVarvara Yakovleva Варвара Яковлева	1884	1941	1904	Russian		Secretary, Moscow Regional Bureau	—

Prospective

Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	PM	Ethnicity	Portrait	First post held (during term)
Osinsky, ValerianValerian Osinsky Валериан Оболенский	1887	1938	1907	Russian	—	Chief Commissioner, State Bank of the Russian SFSR Member, Kharkiv Military Revolutionary Committee
Teodorovich, IvanIvan Teodorovich Ива́н Теодо́рович	1875	1937	1898	Polish		People's Commissar for Food of the Russian SFSR

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 (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.
• 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

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• 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.

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