The Central Committee of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1956 until 1961. Its 133 (full voting) Members and 122 (non-voting) Candidate members were elected at the 20th Party Congress. It elected, at its 1st Plenary Session, the 20th Presidium, the 20th Secretariat and the 20th Party Control Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Plenums
The Central Committee was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions. 19 CC plenary sessions were held between the 20th Congress and the 22nd Congress. When the CC was not in session, decision-making power was vested in the internal bodies of the CC itself; that is, the Politburo and the Secretariat. None of these bodies were permanent either; typically they convened several times a month.
Plenary sessions of the Central Committee
[2] Plenum | Date | Length |
1st Plenary Session | 27 February 1956 | 1 day |
2nd Plenary Session | 20–24 December 1956 | 5 days |
3rd Plenary Session | 13–14 February 1957 | 2 days |
4th Plenary Session | 22–29 June 1957 | 8 days |
5th Plenary Session | 28–29 October 1957 | 2 days |
6th Plenary Session | 16–17 December 1957 | 2 days |
7th Plenary Session | 25–26 February 1958 | 2 days |
8th Plenary Session | 6–7 May 1958 | 2 days |
9th Plenary Session | 17–18 June 1958 | 2 days |
10th Plenary Session | 5 September 1958 | 1 day |
11th Plenary Session | 12 November 1958 | 1 day |
12th Plenary Session | 15–19 December 1958 | 5 days |
13th Plenary Session | 24–29 June 1959 | 6 days |
14th Plenary Session | 22–25 December 1959 | 4 days |
15th Plenary Session | 4 May 1960 | 1 day |
16th Plenary Session | 13–16 July 1960 | 4 days |
17th Plenary Session | 10–18 January 1961 | 9 days |
18th Plenary Session | 19 June 1961 | 1 day |
19th Plenary Session | 14 October 1961 | 1 day |
Composition
Members
Candidates
Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
[3][4][6] Name | Cyrillic | 19th CC | 22nd CC | Birth | Death | PM | Ethnicity | Gender |
Nadezhda Andreyeva | Надежда Андреева | New | Not | 1903 | 2001 | 1924 | Russian | Female |
Ivan Bagramyan | Иван Баграмян | Candidate | Member | 1897 | 1982 | 1941 | Armenian | Male |
Sergey Biryuzov | Серге́й Бирюзо́в | New | Member | 1904 | 1964 | 1926 | Russian | Male |
Semyon Borisov | Семён Борисов | Candidate | Candidate | 1911 | 1999 | 1932 | Yakut | Male |
Nikita Bubnovsky | Никита Бубновский | New | Candidate | 1907 | 1997 | 1939 | Ukrainian | Male |
Semyon Budyonny | Семён Будённый | Candidate | Candidate | 1883 | 1973 | 1919 | Russian | Male |
Sergey Butuzov | Сергей Бутузов | Candidate | Not | 1909 | 1967 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
Pyotr Cheplakov | Пётр Чеплаков | Member | Not | 1906 | 1985 | 1927 | Russian | Male |
Miron Chubinidze | Мирон Чубинидзе | New | Not | 1905 | 1980 | 1926 | Georgian | Male |
Vasily Chuikov | Васи́лий Чуйко́в | Candidate | Member | 1900 | 1982 | 1919 | Russian | Male |
Viktor Churayev | Виктор Чураев | New | Member | 1903 | 1982 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Nikolay Dygay | Николай Дыгай | Candidate | Member | 1908 | 1963 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Alexander Fadeyev | Александр Фадеев | Member | Suicide | 1901 | 1956 | 1918 | Russian | Male |
Nikolay Firyubin | Николай Фирюбин | New | Candidate | 1908 | 1983 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Leonid Florentyev | Леонид Флорентьев | New | Candidate | 1911 | 2003 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
Ivan Ganenko | Иван Ганенко | New | Not | 1903 | 1995 | 1924 | Russian | Male |
Georgy Glebovsky | Гео́ргий Глебо́вский | New | Died | 1912 | 1958 | 1940 | Russian | Male |
Alexander Gorbatov | Александр Горбатов | Candidate | Not | 1891 | 1973 | 1919 | Russian | Male |
Sergey Gorshkov | Серге́й Горшков | New | Member | 1910 | 1988 | 1942 | Russian | Male |
Andrei Grechko | Андре́й Гре́чко | Candidate | Member | 1903 | 1976 | 1928 | Ukrainian | Male |
Konstantin Grishin | Константин Гришин | New | Member | 1908 | 1973 | 1931 | Russian | Male |
Grigory Grishko | Григорий Гришко | New | Died | 1906 | 1959 | 1930 | Ukrainian | Male |
Evgeny Gromov | Евге́ний Гро́мов | New | Not | 1909 | 1981 | 1932 | Russian | Male |
Nikolai Gureev | Николай Гуреев | New | Not | 1907 | 1978 | 1943 | Russian | Male |
Mykhailo Hrechukha | Михаи́л Гречу́ха | New | Not | 1902 | 1976 | 1926 | Ukrainian | Male |
Aleksandr Ishkov | Александр Ишков | New | Candidate | 1905 | 1988 | 1927 | Russian | Male |
Semon Islyukov | Семён Ислюков | New | Candidate | 1915 | 1998 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
Olga Ivashchenko | Ольга Иващенко | New | Member | 1906 | 1989 | 1928 | Ukrainian | Female |
Valery Kalmykov | Валерий Калмыков | New | Member | 1908 | 1974 | 1942 | Russian | Male |
Mikhail Kanunnikov | Михаил Канунников | Candidate | Not | 1902 | 1984 | 1926 | Russian | Male |
Vladimir Karasov | Владимир Карасёв | New | Not | 1900 | 1967 | 1942 | Russian | Male |
Ivan Kazanets | Иван Казанец | New | Member | 1918 | 2013 | 1944 | Ukrainian | Male |
Aleksandr Khakhalov | Александр Хахалов | Candidate | Not | 1909 | 1970 | 1929 | Buryat | Male |
Aleksandr Klimov | Александр Климов | New | Candidate | 1914 | 1979 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
Pavel Komarov | Павел Комаров | New | Not | 1898 | 1983 | 1920 | Russian | Male |
Vasily Komyakhov | Василь Комяхов | New | Member | 1911 | 1966 | 1941 | Russian | Male |
Fodor Konstantinov | Фёдор Константи́нов | New | Not | 1901 | 1991 | 1918 | Russian | Male |
Leonid Korniyets | Леони́д Рома́нович Корни́ец | Candidate | Candidate | 1901 | 1969 | 1926 | Ukrainian | Male |
Vasily Kosov | Леони́д Рома́нович Корни́ец | New | Not | 1910 | 1996 | 1931 | Ukrainian | Male |
Anatoly Kostousov | Анатолий Костоусов | Candidate | Member | 1906 | 1985 | 1925 | Russian | Male |
Konstantin Koval | Константин Коваль | New | Not | 1908 | 1999 | 1938 | Ukrainian | Male |
Aleksey Kozlov | Алексей Козлов | Candidate | Not | 1911 | 1982 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
Vasily Kozlov | Василий Козлов | New | Candidate | 1903 | 1967 | 1927 | Belarusian | Male |
Mikhail Krakhmalov | Михаил Крахмалёв | New | Member | 1914 | 1977 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
Pavel Kumykin | Павел Кумыкин | Candidate | Candidate | 1901 | 1976 | 1921 | Russian | Male |
Vilis Lācis | Вилис Лацис | Candidate | Not | 1904 | 1966 | 1928 | Latvian | Male |
Ivan Likhachev | Ива́н Лихачёв | New | Died | 1896 | 1956 | 1917 | Russian | Male |
Pavel Lobanov | Павел Лобанов | New | Not | 1902 | 1984 | 1927 | Russian | Male |
Savely Loginov | Саве́лий Ло́гинов | New | Died | 1913 | 1960 | 1939 | Belarusian | Male |
Pyotr Lomako | Пётр Лома́ко | Candidate | Not | 1904 | 1990 | 1925 | Russian | Male |
Alexander Luchinsky | Александр Лучинский | Candidate | Not | 1900 | 1997 | 1943 | Ukrainian | Male |
Konstantin Lunov | Константи́н Лунёв | New | Not | 1907 | 1980 | 1926 | Russian | Male |
Lidia Lykova | Лидия Лыкова | Candidate | Candidate | 1913 | 2016 | 1938 | Russian | Female |
Yuri Maksarov | Юрий Максарёв | Candidate | Not | 1903 | 1982 | 1921 | Russian | Male |
Yakov Malik | Яков Малик | Candidate | Not | 1906 | 1980 | 1938 | Russian | Male |
Leonid Melnikov | Леонид Мельников | Member | Not | 1906 | 1981 | 1928 | Ukrainian | Male |
Roman Melnikov | Роман Мельников | Candidate | Not | 1908 | 1988 | 1928 | Russian | Male |
Mikhail Menshikov | Михаи́л Ме́ньшиков | New | Candidate | 1902 | 1976 | 1927 | Russian | Male |
Aleksei Müürisepp | Алексей Мюрисеп | Candidate | Candidate | 1902 | 1970 | 1926 | Estonian | Male |
Vladimir Mylarshchikov | Владимир Мыларщиков | New | Not | 1911 | 1977 | 1931 | Russian | Male |
Leonty Naydek | Леонтий Найдек | New | Not | 1907 | 1992 | 1929 | Ukrainian | Male |
Mitrofan Nedelin | Митрофан Неделин | Candidate | Died | 1902 | 1960 | 1924 | Russian | Male |
Olga Nefodova | Ольга Нефёдова | New | Not | 1907 | ? | 1939 | Russian | Female |
Pyotr Niktin | Пётр Никитин | Candidate | Died | 1909 | 1959 | 1930 | Russian | Male |
Ivan Nosenko | Иван Носенко | Candidate | Died | 1902 | 1956 | 1925 | Russian | Male |
Georgy Orlov | Георгий Орлов | Candidate | Candidate | 1903 | 1991 | 1940 | Russian | Male |
Kirill Orlovsky | Кири́лл Орло́вский | New | Not | 1895 | 1968 | 1918 | Belarusian | Male |
Konstantin Ostrovityanov | Константин Островитянов | Candidate | Not | 1892 | 1969 | 1914 | Russian | Male |
Justas Paleckis | Юстас Палецкис | Candidate | Candidate | 1899 | 1980 | 1940 | Lithuanian | Male |
Dmitry Pavlov | Дмитрий Павлов | Candidate | Not | 1905 | 1991 | 1926 | Russian | Male |
Alexander Pchelyakov | Александр Пчеляков | Candidate | Not | 1908 | 1978 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
Aleksandr Petukhov | Алекса́ндр Петухо́в | New | Not | 1914 | 1974 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
Nina Popova | Нина Попова | New | Reelected | 1908 | 1994 | 1932 | Russian | Female |
Sergey Postovalov | Сергей Постовалов | Candidate | Candidate | 1906 | 1968 | 1930 | Russian | Male |
Stepan Pylypets | Степан Пилипец | New | Not | 1913 | 1989 | 1932 | Ukrainian | Male |
Sharof Rashidov | Шараф Рашидов | New | Member | 1917 | 1983 | 1939 | Uzbek | Male |
David Rayzer | Давид Райзер | Candidate | Not | 1904 | 1962 | 1939 | Ukrainian | Male |
Alexander Rudakov | Алекса́ндр Рудако́в | New | Candidate | 1910 | 1966 | 1931 | Russian | Male |
Roman Rudenko | Рома́н Руде́нко | New | Not | 1907 | 1981 | 1926 | Russian | Male |
Gherasim Rudi | Рома́н Руде́нко | New | Not | 1907 | 1982 | 1939 | Moldovan | Male |
Vasily Ryabykov | Васи́лий Ря́биков | New | Not | 1907 | 1974 | 1925 | Moldovan | Male |
Vladimir Semichastny | Влади́мир Семича́стный | New | Candidate | 1924 | 2001 | 1944 | Russian | Male |
Ivan Senin | Иван Сенин | New | Member | 1903 | 1981 | 1920 | Ukrainian | Male |
Zosima Shashkov | Зосима Шашков | Candidate | Not | 1905 | 1984 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Aleksandr Sheremetyev | Александр Шереме́тьев | New | Not | 1901 | 1985 | 1918 | Russian | Male |
Pyotr Sinyagovsky | Геннадий Сизов | New | Not | 1906 | 1996 | 1939 | Ukrainian | Male |
Gennady Sizov | Геннадий Сизов | New | Candidate | 1903 | 1991 | 1926 | Russian | Male |
Ivan Skidadenko | Иван Скиданенко | New | Not | 1898 | 1985 | 1939 | Ukrainian | Male |
Igor Skulkov | Игорь Скулков | Candidate | Candidate | 1913 | 1971 | 1932 | Russian | Male |
Nikolay Smirnov | Николай Смирнов | New | Candidate | 1906 | 1962 | 1931 | Russian | Male |
Tikhon Sokolov | Ти́хон Соколо́в | New | Not | 1913 | 1992 | 1931 | Russian | Male |
Leonid Solovyov | Леони́д Соловьёв | Candidate | Member | 1906 | 1993 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Sergey Stepanov | Сергей Степанов | Candidate | Member | 1903 | 1976 | 1928 | Russian | Male |
Nikolay Strokin | Николай Строкин | New | Candidate | 1906 | 1972 | 1950 | Russian | Male |
Motiejus Šumauskas | Мотеюс Шумаускас | New | Candidate | 1905 | 1982 | 1924 | Lithuanian | Male |
Fodor Surganov | Фёдор Сурганов | New | Member | 1911 | 1976 | 1940 | Belarusian | Male |
Aleksey Surkov | Алексе́й Сурко́в | New | Candidate | 1899 | 1983 | 1925 | Russian | Male |
Mikhail Tarasov | Михаил Тарасов | New | Not | 1899 | 1970 | 1925 | Russian | Male |
Zhumabek Tashenev | Жумабек Ташенов | New | Not | 1815 | 1986 | 1940 | Kazakh | Male |
Semyon Timoshenko | Семён Тимоше́нко | Candidate | Not | 1895 | 1970 | 1919 | Ukrainian | Male |
Salchak Toka | Салчак Тока | Candidate | Candidate | 1901 | 1973 | 1944 | Tuvan | Male |
Alexander Tromifov | Александр Трофимов | New | Not | 1903 | 1980 | 1927 | Russian | Male |
Zoya Tumanova | Зоя Туманова | Candidate | Not | 1922 | 2000 | 1943 | Ukrainian | Female |
Ivan Tur | Иван Тур | New | Not | 1905 | 1965 | 1926 | Ukrainian | Male |
Feodosy Voronov | Феодо́сий Во́ронов | New | Member | 1904 | 1975 | 1927 | Russian | Male |
Vyacheslav Yelyutin | Вячеслав Елю́тин | New | Member | 1907 | 1993 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Alexei Yepishev | Алексей Епишев | Candidate | Candidate | 1908 | 1985 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Andrey Yeryomenko | Андре́й Ерёменко | New | Member | 1892 | 1970 | 1918 | Ukrainian | Male |
Mikhail Yevseyenko | Михаил Евсеенко | New | Not | 1908 | 1985 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Pavel Yudin | Павел Юдин | Candidate | Died | 1902 | 1956 | 1928 | Russian | Male |
Tikhon Yurkin | Тихон Юркин | New | Not | 1898 | 1986 | 1919 | Russian | Male |
Vasily Zakurdayev | Василий Закурдаев | New | Not | 1903 | 1974 | 1927 | Russian | Male |
Ivan Zamchevsky | Иван Замчевский | New | Not | 1909 | 1979 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Georgy Zarubin | Георгий Зарубин | New | Died | 1900 | 1958 | 1919 | Russian | Male |
Vasily Zhavoronkov | Василий Жаворонков | Candidate | Not | 1906 | 1987 | 1929 | Russian | Male |
Pavel Zhigarev | Павел Жигарев | Candidate | Not | 1900 | 1963 | 1920 | Russian | Male |
Dmitry Zhimerin | Дмитрий Жимерин | Candidate | Not | 1906 | 1995 | 1928 | Russian | Male |
Konstantin Zhukov | Константин Жуков | New | Not | 1906 | 1988 | 1936 | Ukrainian | Male |
Nikolay Zhurin | Николай Журин | New | Not | 1908 | 1996 | 1930 | Russian | Male |
Grigory Zolotukhin | Григо́рий Золоту́хин | New | Not | 1911 | 1988 | 1939 | Russian | Male |
Valerian Zorin | Валериан Зорин | New | Member | 1902 | 1986 | 1922 | Russian | Male |
Vasily Zotov | Васи́лий Зо́тов | New | Candidate | 1899 | 1977 | 1925 | Russian | Male |
References
Citations
- ^ "Съезды, конференции, пленумы и заседания РСДРП - РСДРП(б) - РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - КПСС" [Congresses, conferences, plenums and meetings of the RSDLP - RSDLP(b) - RCP(b) - CPSU]. Knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Центральный Комитет, избранный XIX съездом ВКП(б) - КПСС 14.10.1952, члены" [Central Committee elected by the XIX Congress of the CPSU (b) - CPSU 14. 10.1952, members]. Knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Центральный Комитет, избранный XX-м съездом ВКП(б) 25.2.1956, члены" [Central Committee elected by the XX Congress of the CPSU 25.2.1956, members]. Knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Персональный состав Центрального комитета РСДРП - РСДРП(б) - РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - КПСС" [Composition of the Central Committee of the RSDLP - RSDLP(b) - RCP(b) - VKP(b) - CPSU]. Knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
Bibliography
- Staff writer (1963). "Directory of Soviet Officials". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022. This reference informs on the composition of the Central Committee elected in 1961 and officeholders of leading party-state organs.
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Conference | - 1st (1905)
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Orgburo | - 7th (Jan.–Mar. 1919)
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Control Committee | - 17th (1934–39)
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- 20th (1956–61)
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Elected by the Central Control Commission | Presidium | - 12th (1923–24)
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Secretariat | - 12th (1923–24)
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Collegium | - 12th (1923–24)
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