Inner composition elected by the Central Committee of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)
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17th Politburo, Secretariat and Orgburo | |
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10 February 1934 – 22 March 1939 | |
Officers | |
General Secretary | Joseph Stalin |
Second Secretary | Vyacheslav Molotov (Jul.– Dec. 1930) Lazar Kaganovich (1930–1934) |
Politburo | 12 full & 9 candidates |
Secretariat | 6 members |
Orgburo | 12 full & 2 candidates |
The election of inner composition refers to the election of party officials to the Politburo, Secretariat and the Orgburo. The election of the officials occurred during the 1st Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
Politburo[]
Full[]
Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration |
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Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days |
Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days |
Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days |
Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days |
Sergey Kirov (1886–1934) |
10 February 1934 | 1 December 1934 | 294 days |
Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939) |
10 February 1934 | 3 May 1938 | 4 years, 82 days |
Valerian Kuybyshev (1888–1935) |
10 February 1934 | 25 January 1935 | 349 days |
Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days |
Grigory Ordzhonikidze (1886–1937) |
10 February 1934 | 18 February 1937 | 3 years, 8 days |
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days |
Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) |
1 February 1935 | 22 March 1939 | 4 years, 49 days |
Vlas Chubar (1891–1939) |
1 February 1935 | 16 June 1938 | 3 years, 135 days |
Candidates[]
Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration |
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Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) |
10 February 1934 | 1 February 1935 | 356 days |
Grigory Petrovsky (1878–1958) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days |
Pavel Postyshev (1887–1939) |
10 February 1934 | 14 January 1938 | 3 years, 338 days |
Jānis Rudzutaks (1887–1938) |
10 February 1934 | 26 May 1937 | 3 years, 105 days |
Vlas Chubar (1891–1939) |
10 February 1934 | 1 February 1935 | 356 days |
Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948) |
1 February 1935 | 22 March 1939 | 4 years, 39 days |
Robert Eikhe (1890–1940) |
1 February 1935 | 29 April 1938 | 3 years, 77 days |
Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940) |
12 October 1937 | 3 March 1939 | 1 year, 142 days |
Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) |
1 February 1935 | 22 March 1939 | 4 years, 39 days |
Secretariat[]
Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration | Note |
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Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971) |
28 February 1935 | 21 March 1939 | 4 years, 21 days | Elected at the 5th Plenary Session. |
Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948) |
10 February 1934 | 21 March 1939 | 5 years, 39 days | — |
Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991) |
10 February 1934 | 21 March 1939 | 5 years, 39 days | — |
Sergey Kirov (1886–1934) |
10 February 1934 | 1 December 1934 | 294 days | Was murdered by an unknown assailant. |
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) |
10 February 1934 | 21 March 1939 | 5 years, 39 days | — |
Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940) |
1 February 1935 | 3 March 1939 | 4 years, 30 days | Elected at the 4th Plenary Session. |
Orgburo[]
Full[]
Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration | Note |
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Yan Gamarnik (1894–1937) |
10 February 1934 | 31 May 1937 | 3 years, 110 days | — |
Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940) |
10 February 1934 | 3 March 1939 | 5 years, 21 days | — |
Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days | — |
Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days | — |
Sergei Kirov (1886–1934) |
10 February 1934 | 1 December 1934 | 294 days | — |
Alexander Kosarev (1903–1939) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days | Was arrested on 28 November 1938 on counter-revolutionary charges. |
Valerian Kuybyshev (1888–1935) |
10 February 1934 | 25 January 1935 | 349 days | — |
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days | — |
Aleksey Stetsky (1896–1938) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days | Was arrested on 26 April 1938 on counter-revolutionary charges. |
Nikolay Shvernik (1888–1970) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days | — |
Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971) |
10 March 1935 | 22 March 1939 | 4 years, 12 days | Appointed by questionnaire. |
Lev Mekhlis (1889–1953) |
14 January 1938 | 22 March 1939 | 1 year, 67 days | Elected by the 13th Plenary Session. |
Candidates[]
Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration | Note |
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Mikhail Kaganovich (1888–1941) |
10 February 1934 | 22 March 1939 | 5 years, 40 days | |
Alexander Krinitsky (1894–1937) |
10 February 1934 | 12 October 1937 | 3 years, 244 days | Relieved of his duties at the 12th Plenary Session. |
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- Members of the Orgburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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- 1939 disestablishments in the Soviet Union