Inner composition elected by the Central Committee of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)

17th Politburo, Secretariat and Orgburo

16th Politburo, Secretariat & Orgburo ← → 18th Politburo → 18th Secretariat → 18th Orgburo
Duration	10 February 1934 – 22 March 1939
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Second Secretary	Vyacheslav Molotov (Jul.– Dec. 1930) Lazar Kaganovich (1930–1934)
Politburo membership	12 full & 9 candidates
Secretariat membership	6 members
Orgburo membership	12 full & 2 candidates

By election of inner composition we are referring to the election of party officials to the Politburo, Secretariat and the Orgburo at 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
Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939
Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939
Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939
Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939
Sergey Kirov (1886–1934)	10 February 1934	1 December 1934
Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939)	10 February 1934	3 May 1938
Valerian Kuybyshev (1888–1935)	10 February 1934	25 January 1935
Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939
Grigory Ordzhonikidze (1886–1937)	10 February 1934	18 February 1937
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939
Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978)	1 February 1935	22 March 1939
Vlas Chubar (1891–1939)	1 February 1935	16 June 1938

Candidates

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration
Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978)	10 February 1934	1 February 1935
Grigory Petrovsky (1878–1958)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939
Pavel Postyshev (1887–1939)	10 February 1934	14 January 1938
Jānis Rudzutaks (1887–1938)	10 February 1934	26 May 1937
Vlas Chubar (1891–1939)	10 February 1934	1 February 1935
Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948)	1 February 1935	22 March 1939
Robert Eikhe (1890–1940)	1 February 1935	29 April 1938
Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940)	12 October 1937	22 March 1939
Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971)	1 February 1935	22 March 1939

Secretariat

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971)	28 February 1935	21 March 1939		Elected at the 5th Plenary Session.
Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948)	10 February 1934	21 March 1939		—
Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991)	10 February 1934	21 March 1939		—
Sergey Kirov (1886–1934)	10 February 1934	1 December 1934		Was murdered by an unknown assailant.
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)	10 February 1934	21 March 1939		—
Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940)	1 February 1935	21 March 1939		Elected at the 4th Plenary Session.

Orgburo

Full

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Yan Gamarnik (1894–1937)	10 February 1934	31 May 1937		—
Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939		—
Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939		—
Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939		—
Sergei Kirov (1886–1934)	10 February 1934	1 December 1934		—
Alexander Kosarev (1903–1939)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939		Was arrested on 28 November 1938 on counter-revolutionary charges.
Valerian Kuibyshev (1888–1935)	10 February 1934	25 January 1935		—
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939		—
Aleksey Stetsky (1896–1938)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939		Was arrested on 26 April 1938 on counter-revolutionary charges.
Nikolay Shvernik (1888–1970)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939		—
Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971)	3 October 1935	22 March 1939		Appointed by questionnaire.
Lev Mekhlis (1889–1953)	14 January 1938	22 March 1939		Elected by the 13th Plenary Session.

Candidates

Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Mikhail Kaganovich (1888–1941)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939		Relieved of his duties at the 6th Plenary Session.
Alexander Krinitsky (1894–1937)	10 February 1934	12 October 1937		Relieved of his duties at the 12th Plenary Session.