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This Central Committee composition saw the de-formalisation of politics; for example, the number of Politburo meetings was reduced to 16 for the year of 1934. [3] Politburo decisions were made either by polling the members or informal meeting between Stalin and other Politburo members. [3]
Of the 139 members elected to the Central Committee at the 17th Congress, 98 people were killed in the period 1936–40. [49] In this period the Central Committee decreased in size; a 78 percent decrease. [49] By the 18th Congress there were only 31 members of the Central Committee, and of these only two were reelected. [50]
During the elections to the 17th Central Committee Stalin received a significant number (over a hundred, although the precise number is unknown) of negative votes, whereas only three delegates crossed out the name of the increasingly popular, Stalin-aligned Leningrad party boss, Sergei Kirov. The results were subsequently covered up on Stalin's ...
The Central Committee elected Stalin General Secretary of the Central Committee at its 1st Plenary Session. [4] Vyacheslav Molotov served as Stalin's deputy, an informal post referred to by Sovietologists as Second Secretary, and was empowered to manage party business and sign Politburo resolutions when Stalin was away from Moscow. [4]
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – became synonymous with leader of the Party under Joseph Stalin (General Secretary from 1922 to 1952) Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee – leading body within the Central Committee. Headed by the General Secretary or by the First Secretary.
J. Stalin: M. Vladimirsky — — 1,260,874 FM – 711,609 CM 17th Congress 16 days 1933–1934 election 26 January – 10 February 1934 1225 VD – 736 CD 71 FM – 68 CM: 22 J. Stalin: M. Vladimirsky: Amendment — 1,872,488 FM – 935,298 CM 18th Congress 12 days 1938–1939 election 10 March – 21 March 1939 1569 VD – 466 CD 71 FM – 13 ...
In January 1912, the first Bolshevik Central Committee was elected at the Prague Conference. [77] Lenin and Grigory Zinoviev decided to co-opt Stalin to the committee, which Stalin (still in exile in Vologda) agreed to. [77] [78] Lenin believed that Stalin, as a Georgian, would help secure support from the empire's minority ethnicities. [79]
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1922–1952) Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) [38] 3 April 1922 16 October 1952 30 years, 196 days Stalin, elected General Secretary at the 11th Party Congress, used the office to appoint loyalists to positions in the party and create a strong power base for ...