Central Committee of the 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

The Central Committee of the 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) was in session from 1939 until 1952, and was replenished in 1941. It elected, at its 1st Plenary Session, the Politburo, the Secretariat, the Orgburo and the Party Control Commission.

Plenums

The CC was not a permanent institution. The CC was convened for 10 plenary sessions between the 18th Congress and the 19th 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 to decide on crucial matters). ^[1]

Plenary sessions of the Central Committee
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Plenum	Date	Length
1st Plenary Session	22 March 1939	1 day
2nd Plenary Session	21–24, 27 July 1939	5 days
3rd Plenary Session	26–28 March 1940	4 days
4th Plenary Session	29–31 July 1940	3 days
5th Plenary Session	21 February 1941	1 day
6th Plenary Session	5 May 1941	1 day
7th Plenary Session	27 January 1944	1 day
8th Plenary Session	11, 14, 18 March 1946	3 days
9th Plenary Session	21–22, 24, 26 February 1947	4 days
10th Plenary Session	15 August 1952	1 day

Composition

Members Members of the Central Committee of the 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Name Cyrillic 17th CC 18th Con. 19th CC Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender Andrey Andreyev Андрей Андреев Old Renewed Reelected 1895 1971 1914 Russian Male Vasily Andrianov Василий Андрианов New Renewed Reelected 1902 1978 1926 Russian Male Naum Antselovich Наум Анцелович New Recalled Died 1888 1952 1905 Russian Male Aleksei Badayev Алексей Бадаев Old Renewed Died 1883 1951 1904 Russian Male Mir Jafar Baghirov Мир Джафар Багиров Old Renewed Reelected 1896 1956 1917 Azerbaijani Male Ivan Benediktov Иван Бенедиктов New Candidate — 1902 1983 1930 Russian Male Lavrentiy Beria Лаврентий Берия New Renewed Reelected 1899 1953 1917 Georgian Male Gennady Borkov Геннадий Борков New Renewed Reelected 1905 1983 1924 Russian Male Semyon Budyonny Семён Будённый Candidate Renewed Candidate 1883 1973 1919 Russian Male Nikolai Bulganin Николай Булганин Old Renewed Reelected 1895 1975 1917 Russian Male Mykhailo Burmystenko Михаил Бурмистенко New Renewed WWII 1902 1941 1919 Ukrainian Male Vladimir Dekanozov Владимир Деканозов Candidate Promoted Not 1898 1953 1920 Georgian Male Vladimir Donskoi Владимир Донской New Renewed Removed 1903 1954 1925 Russian Male Boris Dvinskiy Борис Двинский New Renewed Candidate 1894 1973 1920 Russian Male Alexander Fadeyev Александр Фадеев New Renewed Reelected 1901 1956 1918 Russian Male Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович Old Renewed Reelected 1893 1991 1911 Russian Male Mikhail Kaganovich Михаил Каганович Old Renewed Suicide 1888 1941 1905 Russian Male Mikhail Kalinin Михаил Калинин Old Renewed Died 1875 1946 1898 Russian Male Nikita Khrushchev Никита Хрущёв Old Renewed Reelected 1894 1971 1918 Russian Male Leonid Korniyets Леонид Корниец New Renewed Candidate 1901 1969 1926 Ukrainian Male Demyan Korotchenko Демьян Коротченко New Renewed Reelected 1894 1969 1918 Ukrainian Male Alexei Kosygin Алексей Косыгин New Renewed Reelected 1904 1980 1927 Russian Male Grigory Kulik Григорий Кулик New Renewed Sentenced 1890 1950 1917 Ukrainian Male Otto Kuusinen Отто Куусинен Not Elected Reelected 1881 1964 1918 Finnish Male Alexey Kuznetsov Алексей Кузнецов New Renewed Sentenced 1905 1950 1925 Russian Male Nikolay Kuznetsov Николай Кузнецов New Renewed Reelected 1902 1974 1925 Russian Male Ivan Likhachev Иван Лихачёв New Recalled Not 1896 1956 1917 Russian Male Maxim Litvinov Максим Литвинов Old Recalled Died 1876 1951 1898 Russian Male Solomon Lozovsky Соломон Лозовский Old Renewed Expelled 1892 1952 1901 Russian Male Pyotr Lyubavin Пётр Любавин New Renewed WWII 1896 1941 1919 Ukrainian Male Georgy Malenkov Георги Маленков New Renewed Reelected 1902 1988 1920 Russian Male Vyacheslav Malyshev Вячеслав Малышев New Renewed Reelected 1902 1957 1926 Russian Male Dmitry Manuilsky Дмитрий Мануильский Old Renewed Not 1883 1959 1903 Ukrainian Male Lev Mekhlis Лев Мехлис Old Renewed Reelected 1889 1953 1918 Ukrainian Male Fedor Merkulov Фёдор Меркулов New Recalled Not 1900 1956 1919 Russian Male Vsevolod Merkulov Всеволод Меркулов New Renewed Candidate 1895 1953 1925 Russian Male Nikolay Mikhailov Николай Михайлов New Renewed Reelected 1906 1982 1930 Russian Male Anastas Mikoyan Анастас Микоян Old Renewed Reelected 1895 1978 1915 Armenian Male Mark Mitin Марк Митин New Renewed Reelected 1901 1987 1919 Ukrainian Male Vyacheslav Molotov Вячеслав Молотов Old Renewed Reelected 1890 1986 1906 Russian Male Klavdiya Nikolayeva Клавдия Николаева Old Renewed Died 1893 1944 1909 Russian Female Vladimir Nikitin Владимир Никитин New Renewed Not 1907 1959 1925 Russian Male Nikolai Patolichev Николай Патоличев New Promoted Reelected 1908 1989 1928 Russian Male Nikolai Pegov Николай Пегов New Renewed Reelected 1905 1991 1930 Russian Male Mikhail Pervukhin Михаил Первухин New Renewed Reelected 1904 1978 1919 Russian Male Panteleimon Ponomarenko Пантелеймон Пономаренко New Renewed Reelected 1902 1984 1925 Ukrainian Male Georgy Popov Георгий Попов Candidate Promoted Candidate 1906 1968 1926 Russian Male Alexander Poskrebyshev Александр Поскрёбышев Candidate Renewed Reelected 1891 1965 1917 Russian Male Pyotr Pospelov Пётр Поспелов New Renewed Reelected 1898 1979 1916 Russian Male Vladimir Potemkin Владимир Потёмкин New Renewed Not 1898 1979 1919 Russian Male Vasily Pronin Василий Пронин Candidate Promoted Reelected 1905 1993 1925 Russian Male Ivan Rogov Иван Рогов New Renewed Not 1898 1979 1918 Russian Male Ivan Sedin Иван Седин New Renewed Not 1906 1972 1928 Russian Male Aleksey Shakurin Алексей Шахурин New Renewed Sentenced 1904 1975 1925 Russian Male Efim Shchadenko Ефим Щаденко New Candidate — 1900 1951 1904 Ukrainian Male Aleksandr Shcherbakov Александр Щербаков New Renewed Died 1901 1945 1918 Russian Male Matvei Shkiryatov Матвей Шкирятов New Renewed Reelected 1883 1954 1906 Russian Male Grigori Shtern Григорий Штерн New Renewed Sentenced 1900 1941 1919 Ukrainian Male Nikolai Shvernik Николай Шверник Old Renewed Reelected 1888 1970 1905 Russian Male Nikolay Skvortsov Николай Скворцов New Renewed Not 1899 1974 1919 Russian Male Joseph Stalin Иосиф Сталин Old Renewed Reelected 1878 1953 1898 Georgian Male Mikhail Suslov Михаил Суслов Not Elected Reelected 1902 1982 1921 Russian Male Ivan Tevosian Иван Тевосян New Renewed Reelected 1902 1958 1918 Armenian Male Semyon Timoshenko Семён Тимошенко New Renewed Candidate 1895 1970 1919 Ukrainian Male Yusupov Usman Усман Юсупов New Renewed Reelected 1901 1966 1926 Uzbek Male Vasily Vakhrushev Василий Вахрушев New Renewed Died 1902 1947 1919 Russian Male Boris Vannikov Борис Ванников New Renewed Reelected 1897 1962 1919 Russian Male Kliment Voroshilov Климент Ворошилов Old Renewed Reelected 1881 1969 1903 Russian Male Nikolai Voznesensky Николай Вознесенский New Renewed Sentenced 1903 1950 1919 Russian Male Andrey Vyshinsky Андрей Вышинский New Renewed Reelected 1883 1954 1920 Russian Male Yemelyan Yaroslavsky Емельян Ярославский New Renewed Died 1878 1943 1898 Russian Male Aleksandr Yefremov Александр Ефремов New Renewed Died 1904 1951 1924 Russian Male Semyon Zadionchenko Семён Задионченко New Renewed Not 1898 1972 1919 Ukrainian Male Rosalia Zemlyachka Розалия Землячка New Renewed Died 1876 1947 1898 Russian Female Simon Zhakarov Семён Захаров New Renewed Not 1906 1986 1926 Russian Male Andrei Zhdanov Андрей Жданов Old Renewed Died 1896 1948 1915 Russian Male Arseny Zverev Арсений Зверев New Renewed Reelected 1900 1969 1919 Russian Male Candidates Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) [3] [4] [5] [6] Name Cyrillic 17th CC 18th Con. 19th CC Birth Death PM Ethnicity Gender Georgy Aleksandrov Георгий Александров Not Candidate Candidate 1908 1961 1928 Russian Male Alexander Alemasov Александр Алемасов New Renewed Not 1902 1972 1919 Russian Male Dmitry Antonov Дмитрий Антонов New Removed Not 1896  ? 1918 Russian Male Iosif Apanasenko Иосиф Апанасенко Not Candidate WWII 1890 1943 1918 Russian Male Grigory Arutinov Григроий Арутинов New Renewed Member 1900 1957 1919 Armenian Male Sergei Bagaev Сергей Багаев New Renewed Not 1902 1977 1920 Russian Male Valerian Bakradze Валериан Бакрадзе New Renewed Candidate 1901 1971 1921 Georgian Male Ivan Benediktov Иван Бенедиктов — Candidate Member 1902 1983 1930 Russian Male Nikolai Biryukov Николай Бирюков New Removed Not 1901 1974 1925 Russian Male Ivan Boytsov Иван Бойцов New Renewed Member 1896 1988 1919 Russian Male Candide Charkviani Кандид Чарквиани New Renewed Not 1907 1994 1930 Georgian Male Yakov Cherevichenko Яков Черевиченко Not Candidate Not 1894 1976 1919 Russian Male Boris Chernousov Борис Черноусов New Renewed Not 1908 1978 1929 Russian Male Aleksey Chuyanov Алексей Чуянов New Renewed Not 1905 1977 1925 Russian Male Vladimir Dekanozov Владимир Деканозов New Promoted — 1898 1953 1920 Georgian Male Mikhail Denisov Михаил Денисов New Renewed Not 1902 1973 1926 Russian Male Pavel Doronin Павел Доронин New Renewed Not 1909 1976 1927 Russian Male Alexander Dubrovsky Александр Дубровский New Renewed Removed 1900 1970 1920 Russian Male Nikolay Feklenko Николай Фекленко New Removed Died 1901 1951 1920 Russian Male Aleksey Frolkov Алексей Фролков New Removed Not 1904 1989 1926 Russian Male Sergo Goglidze Сергей Гоглидзе New Renewed Candidate 1901 1953 1919 Georgian Male Aleksandr Gorkin Александр Горкин New Renewed Not 1897 1988 1916 Russian Male Grigory Gromov Григорий Громов New Renewed Not 1903 1973 1924 Russian Male Nikolai Gusarov Николай Гусаров New Renewed Not 1905 1985 1925 Russian Male Mikhail Gvishiani Михаил Гвишиани New Renewed Not 1905 1966 1928 Georgian Male Sergei Ignatiev Сергей Игнатьев New Renewed Not 1902 1984 1924 Russian Male Nikolai Ignatov Николай Игнатов New Removed Member 1901 1966 1924 Russian Male Avak Iskanderov Авак Искандеров New Renewed Sentenced 1902 1941 1920 Russian Male Kirill Kachalin КириллКачалин New Renewed Removed 1904  ? 1928 Russian Male Sergey Kaftanov Сергей Кафтанов New Renewed Not 1905 1978 1926 Russian Male Jānis Kalnbērziņš Ян Калнбе́рзинь Not Candidate Member 1893 1986 1917 Latvian Male Konstantin Kartashov Константин Карташёв New Renewed Not 1904 1959 1927 Russian Male Mikhail Kirponos Иосиф Апанасенко Not Candidate WWII 1890 1941 1918 Russian Male Ivan Konev Иван Конев New Renewed Member 1897 1973 1918 Russian Male Ivan Khokhlov Иван Хохлов New Renewed Candidate 1895 1973 1918 Russian Male Bogdan Kobulov Богдан Кобулов New Renewed Candidate 1904 1953 1925 Armenian Male Anatoly Kolybanov Анатолий Колыбанов New Renewed Not 1904 1978 1925 Russian Male Pavel Komarov Павел Комаров New Renewed Candidate 1898 1983 1920 Russian Male Mikhail Kovalyov Михаил Ковалёв New Removed Not 1897 1967 1927 Russian Male Sergey Kruglov Сергей Круглов New Renewed Member 1907 1977 1928 Russian Male Alexey Krutikov Алексей Крутиков Not Candidate Not 1902 1962 1927 Russian Male Pavel Kulakov Павел Кулаков New Renewed Not 1910 1979 1929 Russian Male Gennady Kupriyanov Геннадий Куприянов Not Candidate Sentenced 1905 1979 1926 Russian Male Aleksandr Loktionov Александр Локтионов New Renewed Sentenced 1893 1941 1921 Russian Male Ivan Maisky Антанас Снечкус Not Candidate Removed 1884 1975 1921 Russian Male Ivan Makarov Иван Макаров — Renewed Died 1888 1949 1905 Russian Male Ivan Maslennikov Иван Масленников New Renewed Candidate 1900 1954 1924 Russian Male Kirill Meretskov Кирилл Мерецков New Renewed Candidate 1897 1968 1917 Russian Male Nikolay Nevezhin Николай Невежин New Removed Not 1901 1972 1925 Russian Male Ivan Nikishov Иван Никишов New Renewed Not 1894 1956 1919 Russian Male Ivan Nosenko Иван Носенко Not Candidate Candidate 1902 1956 1925 Russian Male Georgy Paltsev Георгий Пальцев New Renewed Removed 1906 1964 1927 Russian Male Nikolai Patolichev Николай Патоличев New Promoted — 1908 1989 1928 Russian Male Dmitry Pavlov Дмитрий Павлов New Renewed Sentenced 1897 1941 1919 Russian Male Pyotr Popkov Пётр Попков New Renewed Sentenced 1903 1950 1925 Russian Male Georgy Popov Георгий Попов New Promoted — 1906 1968 1926 Russian Male Vasily Pronin Василий Пронин New Promoted — 1905 1993 1925 Russian Male Grigory Rastogin Григорий Растёгин New Removed Not 1902 1971 1926 Russian Male Mikhail Rodionov Григорий Растёгин Not Candidate Sentenced 1907 1950 1929 Russian Male Aleksandr Samokhvalov Александр Самохвалов New Removed Not 1902 1956 1920 Russian Male Karl Säre Карл Сяре Not Candidate WWII 1903 1956 1927 Estonian Male Georgy Savchenko Георгий Савченко New Renewed Sentenced 1901 1941 1925 Russian Male Pyotr Seleznev Пётр Селезнёв New Renewed Died 1897 1949 1915 Russian Male Zinovie Serdiuk Зиновий Сердюк New Renewed Candidate 1903 1982 1925 Russian Male Ivan Sergeyev Иван Сергеев New Renewed Sentenced 1897 1942 1932 Russian Male Ivan Serov Иван Серов Not Candidate Candidate 1905 1990 1926 Russian Male Fazyl Shagimardanov Фазыл Шагимарданов New Removed Not 1906 1968 1927 Russian Male Boris Shaposhnikov Борис Шапошников New Renewed Died 1882 1945 1930 Russian Male Efim Shchadenko Ефим Щаденко — Candidate Died 1900 1951 1904 Ukrainian Male Terenty Shtykov Терентий Штыков New Renewed Not 1907 1964 1929 Belarusian Male Yakov Smushkevich Яков Смушкевич New Renewed Sentenced 1902 1941 1918 Russian Male Antanas Sniečkus Антанас Снечкус Not Candidate Member 1902 1974 1920 Lithuanian Male Leonid Sosnin Леонид Соснин New Renewed Not 1895 1973 1917 Russian Male Vasily Starchenko Василий Старченко New Renewed Died 1904 1948 1928 Ukrainian Male Maxim Starostin Максим Старостин New Renewed Died 1902 1948 1922 Russian Male Yakov Storozhev Яков Сторожев New Renewed Not 1911 1988 1930 Russian Male Ivan Tyulenev Ива́н Тюле́нев Not Candidate Not 1892 1978 1918 Russian Male Gavrii Veynberg Гавриил Вейнберг Candidate Removed Died 1891 1946 1906 Polish Male Ivan Vlasov Иван Власов New Renewed Not 1903 1969 1929 Russian Male Viktor Yartsev Виктор Ярцев New Recalled Sentenced 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