Central Committee elected by the 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Central Committee elected
by the 14th Congress

13th ← → 15th
A session of the 14th Party Congress
Duration	31 December 1925 – 19 December 1927
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Second Secretary	Vyacheslav Molotov
Inner-groups	Politburo: 10 full & 11 candidates Secretariat: 6 full & 3 candidates Orgburo: 15 full & 5 candidates
No. of departments	11
Members	63 full and 43 candidates

The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 14th Congress, and sat from 31 December 1925 until 19 December 1927. The CC 1st Plenary Session renewed the composition of the Politburo, Secretariat and the Organizational Bureau (OB) of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

Keys

✡	Indicates that the individual was born into a Jewish family.
♀	Indicates that the individual is female.
↑	Indicates that the individual was transferred from candidate to full membership.
BY	Birth year.
DY	Death year.
PB	Politburo member.
SC	Secretariat member.
OB	Orgburo member.
CPB, CSC, COB	The first "C" in these initials refers to "Candidate member"

Plenums

The CC was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions, one emergency session, four CC plenary sessions and six joint CC–Central Control Commission (CCC) plenary sessions were held between the 14th Congress and the 15th 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 several times a months).

Plenum (CC)	Joint plenum (CC–CCC)	Start–end	Length
Emergency Plenary Session	—	28 December 1925	1 day
1st Plenary Session	—	1 January 1926	1 day
2nd Plenary Session	—	6–9 April 1926	4 days
—	1st Joint Plenary Session	14–23 July 1926	11 days
—	2nd Joint Plenary Session	23, 26 October 1926	2 days
—	3rd Joint Plenary Session	3 November 1926	1 day
3rd Plenary Session	—	7–12 February 1927	6 days
4th Plenary Session	—	13–16 April 1927	4 days
—	4th Joint Plenary Session	29 June – 9 August 1927	12 days
—	5th Joint Plenary Session	21–23 October 1927	3 days
—	6th Joint Plenary Session	12–14 November 1927	3 days

Apparatus

Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 14th Congress and the 15th Congress. The bureaus and departments were supervised by the Secretariat, and each secretary (member of the Secretariat) supervised a specific department. The leaders of departments were officially referred to as Heads, while the titles of bureau leaders varied between chairman, first secretary and secretary.

Institutions	Head			Took office	Left office	Tenure	Ethnicity
	Name Cyrillic	BY	DY
Agitation and Propaganda Department	Sergei Syrtsov Сергей Сырцов	1893	1937	31 December 1925	27 January 1926		Russian
Agitation and Propaganda Department	Vilhelm Knorin Вильгельм Кнорин	1893	1937	27 January 1926	May 1927		Latvian
Agitation and Propaganda Department	Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий	1894	1937	May 1927	19 December 1927		Russian
Central Asian Bureau	Isaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский	1890	1937	31 December 1925	19 December 1927		Russian✡
Chief Administrator	Yakov Brezanovsky Яков Брезановский	1888	1938	31 December 1925	19 December 1927		Russian✡
Chief Administrator	Pyotr Guzakov Пётр Гузаков	1889	1944	31 December 1925	19 December 1927		Russian
Far Eastern Bureau	Nikolay Kubiak Николай Кубяк	1881	1937	31 December 1925	19 December 1927		Russian
Finance Department	P. N. Ivanov П. Н. Иванов	?	?	31 December 1925	19 December 1927		Russian
Information Department	Lev Roshal Лев Рошаль	1896	1940	31 December 1925	19 December 1927		Belarusian
Lenin Institute	Lev Kamenev Лев Ка́менев	1883	1936	31 December 1925	1926		Russian✡
Lenin Institute	Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov Ива́н Скворцо́в-Степа́нов	1878	1928	1926	19 December 1927		Russian
North–West Bureau	Nikolay Komarov Николай Колотилов	1886	1937	31 December 1925	19 December 1927		Russian
Office of the Secretariat	Lev Mekhlis Лев Мехлис	1889	1953	31 December 1925	22 January 1926		Ukrainian
Office of the Secretariat (Secret Department, 1926 onwards)	Ivan Tovstukha Иван Товстуха	1887	1939	22 January 1926	19 December 1927		Ukrainian
Organizational-Distribution Department	Konstantin Gey Константин Гей	1896	1939	31 December 1925	25 March 1926		Russian
Organizational-Distribution Department	Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин	1890	1937	25 March 1926	19 December 1927		Russian
Party History Department	Semyon Kanatchikov Семён Канатчиков	1879	1937	31 December 1925	September 1926		Russian
Press Department	Juozas Vareikis Иосиф Варейкис	1894	1938	31 December 1925	January 1926		Lithuanian
Press Department	Sergei Gusev Сергей Гусев	1874	1933	March 1926	19 December 1927		Russian✡
Statistical Department	Yelena Smitten Елена Смиттен	1883	1942	31 December 1925	19 December 1927		Belarusian♀
Workers' and Peasants' Department	Klavdija Nikolaeva Клавдия Николаева	1893	1944	31 December 1925	27 January 1926		Russian♀
Workers' and Peasants' Department	Aleksandra Artyukhina Александра Артюхина	1889	1969	27 January 1926	19 December 1927		Russian♀

Members

Full

Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	Left office	Tenure	Ethnicity	Portrait	First post held (during term)	CIM
Andrey Andreyev Андрей Андреев	1895	1971	19 December 1927		Russian		Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Railway Workers	CPB, OB
Nikolay Antipov Николай Антипов	1894	1938	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Ural Regional Committee	—
Aleksandra Artyukhina Александра Артюхина	1889	1969	19 December 1927		Russian♀	—	Deputy Head, Workers' and Peasants' Department	SC, OB
Aleksei Badayev Алексей Бадаев	1883	1951	19 December 1927		Russian		Chairman, Leningrad Union of Consumer Societies	—
Karl Bauman Карл Бауман	1892	1937	19 December 1927		Latvian	—	Head, Organizational-Distribution of the Moscow Regional Committee	—
Andrei Bubnov Андрей Бубнов	1884	1938	19 December 1927		Russian		Head, Political Directorate of the Red Army	SC, OB
Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин	1888	1938	19 December 1927		Russian		Editor-in-chief, Pravda	PB
Georgy Chicherin Георгий Чичерин	1872	1936	19 December 1927		Russian		People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs	—
Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар	1891	1939	19 December 1927		Ukrainian		Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR	CPB
Mikhail Chudov Михаил Чудов	1893	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Rostov Regional Committee	—
Aleksandr Dogadov Александр Догадов	1888	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Member, Presidium of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions Secretary, All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions	OB
Felix Dzerzhinsky Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский	1877	1926	20 July 1926		Polish		Chairman, Joint State Political Directorate Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	CPB
Grigory Evdokimov Григорий Евдокимов	1884	1936	14 November 1927		Russian		First Secretary, Leningrad Regional Committee	SC, OB
Ivan Kabakov Иван Кабаков	1891	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Tula Regional Committee	—
Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович	1893	1991	19 December 1927		Russian✡		First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine	CPB
Mikhail Kalinin Михаил Калинин	1875	1946	19 December 1927		Russian		Chairman, Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets Member, Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets	PB
Lev Kamenev Лев Ка́менев	1883	1936	14 November 1927		Russian✡		Chairman, Council of Labor and Defense of the Council of People's Commissars Chairman, Executive Committee of the Moscow Regional Soviet	CPB
Kuprian Kirkizh Куприян Киркиж	1886	1932	19 December 1927		Belarusian	—	Head, Organization Department of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine	—
Sergey Kirov Серге́й Ки́ров	1886	1934	19 December 1927		Russian		First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Azerbaijan	CPB
Nikolay Kolotilov Николай Колотилов	1885	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Ivanov-Voznesensky Regional Committee	—
Nikolay Komarov Николай Колотилов	1886	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Secretary, North-West Bureau	—
Stanislav Kosior Станислав Косиор	1889	1939	19 December 1927		Polish	—	First Secretary, Siberian Regional Committee	SC, OB
Vasily Kotov Василий Котов	1885	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Moscow Regional Committee	—
Leonid Krasin Леонид Красин	1870	1926	24 November 1926		Russian		Ambassador to the United Kingdom	—
Gleb Krzhizhanovsky Глеб Кржижано́вский	1872	1959	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, State Planning Commission at the Council of Labor and Defense	—
Nikolay Kubiak Николай Кубяк	1881	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	80px	Secretary, Far Eastern Bureau	SC, OB
Yegor Kulikov Егор Куликов	1891	1943	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Zamoskvorechye District Committee	—
Emanuel Kviring Эммануил Квиринг	1888	1937	19 December 1927		Volga German		Deputy Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	OB
Ivan Lepse Иван Лепсе	1889	1929	19 December 1927		Latvian	—	Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Metalworkers	COB
Semen Lobov Семён Лобов	1888	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, North-West Industrial Bureau of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	COB
Dmitry Manuilsky Дмитро Мануїльський	1883	1959	19 December 1927		Ukrainian		Member, Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International	—
Alexei Medvedev Алексей Медведев	1884	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Ekaterinoslav District Committee	—
Vasily Mikhailov Василий Михайлов	1894	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, Moscow City Council of Trade Unions	COB
Anastas Mikoyan Анастас Микоян	1895	1978	19 December 1927		Armenian		First Secretary, North Caucasian Regional Committee	CPB
Vyacheslav Molotov Вячеслав Молотов	1890	1986	19 December 1927		Russian		—	PB, SC, OB
Mamia Orakhelashvili Мамия Орахелашвили	1888	1937	19 December 1927		Georgian↑		Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Transcaucasian SFSR	—
Grigol Ordzhonikidze Григо́рий Орджоники́дзе	1886	1937	19 December 1927		Georgian		First Secretary, Transcaucasian Regional Committee	CPB
Grigory Petrovsky Григо́рій Петро́вський	1878	1958	19 December 1927		Ukrainian		Chairman, Central Executive Committee of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets Member, Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets	CPB
Georgy Pyatakov Юрій П'ятаков	1890	1937	19 December 1927		Russian		Deputy Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	—
Andrey Radchenko Андрей Радченко	1887	1938	19 December 1927		Ukrainian	—	Chairman, Council of Trade Unions of the Ukrainian SSR	—
Christian Rakovsky Христиан Раковский	1873	1941	14 November 1927		Bulgarian		Ambassador to France	—
Jānis Rudzutaks Ян Рудзутак	1887	1938	19 December 1927		Latvian		People's Commissar for Railways	PB
Moisei Rukhimovich Моисей Рухимович	1889	1937	19 December 1927		Russian✡		Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Ukrainian SSR	OB
Ivan Rumyantsev Иван Румянцев	1886	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Second Secretary, Ural Regional Committee	—
Alexei Rykov Алексей Рыков	1881	1938	19 December 1927		Russian		Chairman, Council of People's Commissars Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR	PB
Vasily Schmidt Сергей Чуцкаев	1886	1938	19 December 1927		Russian		People's Commissar for Labor	COB
Isaak Schwartz Исаак Шварц	1879	1951	19 December 1927		Ukrainian✡	—	Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Mineworkers	—
Nikolay Shvernik Николай Шверник	1888	1970	19 December 1927		Russian		Secretary, Leningrad Regional Committee	SC, OB
Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov Ива́н Скворцо́в-Степа́нов	1878	1928	19 December 1927		Russian		Editor-in-chief, Izvestia	—
Ivar Smilga Ивар Смилга	1892	1938	14 November 1927		Latvian		Deputy Chairman, State Planning Commission at the Council of Labor and Defense of the Russian SFSR	—
Alexander Smirnov Александр Смирнов	1878	1938	19 December 1927		Russian	—	People's Commissar for Agriculture of the Russian SFSR	OB
Grigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников	1888	1938	19 December 1927		Ukrainian✡		People's Commissar for Finance of the Russian SFSR	—
Joseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин	1878	1953	19 December 1927		Georgian		General Secretary, Central Committee	PB, SC, OB
Daniil Sulimov Даниил Сулимов	1890	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, Executive Committee of the Ural Regional Soviet	OB
Aleksandr Tolokontsev Александр Толоконцев	1889	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Member, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	—
Mikhail Tomsky Михаил Томский	1880	1936	19 December 1927		Russian		Chairman, Presidium of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions Member, Presidium of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions	PB
Leon Trotsky Лев Тро́цкий	1879	1940	23 October 1927		Russian✡		Member, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	PB
Alexander Tsiurupa Алекса́ндр Цюру́па	1870	1928	19 December 1927		Ukrainian		People's Commissar for Foreign and Internal Trade	—
Nikolai Uglanov Николай Угланов	1886	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Moscow Regional Committee First Secretary, Moscow City Committee	CPB, SC, OB
Konstantin Ukhanov Константин Уханов	1891	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, Board of the Electrotechnical Trust	COB
Kliment Voroshilov Климент Ворошилов	1881	1969	19 December 1927		Russian		Chairman, Revolutionary Military Council People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs	PB
Isaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский	1890	1937	19 December 1927		Russian✡	—	First Secretary, Central Asian Bureau	—
Ivan Zhukov Иван Жуков	1889	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, Board of Elektrotresta	—
Grigory Zinoviev Григо́рий Зино́вьев	1883	1936	23 October 1927		Russian✡		Chairman, Executive Committee of the Communist International	PB

Candidates

Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	Left office	Tenure	Ethnicity	Portrait	First post held (during term)	CIM
Ivan Avdeev Андрей Андреев	1877	1936	14 November 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, Supreme Military Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	—
Nikolai Chaplin Николай Чаплин	1902	1938	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Central Committee of the Young Communist League	OB
Robert Eikhe Роберт Эйхе	1890	1940	19 December 1927		Latvian	—	Chairman, Executive Committee of the Siberian Regional Soviet	—
Yan Gamarnik Ян Гамарник	1894	1937	19 December 1927		Ukrainian✡	—	Chairman, Far Eastern Revolutionary Military Committee	—
Konstantin Gey Константин Гей	1896	1939	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Head, Organizational-Distribution Department	—
Filipp Goloshchokin Филипп Голощёкин	1876	1941	19 December 1927		Russian✡	—	First Secretary, Kazakgskogo Regional Committee	—
Akmal Ikramov Акмаль Икрамов	1898	1938	19 December 1927		Uzbek		Second Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Uzbekistan	—
Vladimir Ivanov Владимир Иванов	1893	1938	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Uzbekistan	—
Anna Kalgyna Анна Калыгина	1895	1937	19 December 1927		Russian♀	—	Deputy Head, Workers' and Peasants' Department	—
Grigory Kaminsky Григорий Каминский	1895	1938	19 December 1927		Russian✡		Deputy Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives	—
Aleksei Kiselyov Алексей Киселёв	1879	1937	19 December 1927		Russian		Secretary, Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets	—
Ivan Klimenko Иван Клименко	1891	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Second Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine	—
Ivan Kodatskiy Иван Кодацкий	1893	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Vyborg District Committee	—
Taras Kondratyev Тарас Кондратьев	1892	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Volodarsky District Committee	—
Joseph Kosior Иосиф Косиор	1889	1937	19 December 1927		Polish	—	Chairman, Board of Grozneft Trust	—
Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий	1894	1937	19 December 1927		Russian		First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Byelorussia	—
Mikhail Lashevich Александр Криницкий	1884	1937	19 December 1927		Russian		Deputy People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs	—
Vissarion Lominadze Виссарион Ломинадзе	1897	1935	19 December 1927		Georgian	—	Secretary, Executive Committee of the Young Communist International	—
Sargis Lukashin Сергей Лукашин	1883	1937	19 December 1927		Armenian		Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Russian SFSR	—
Isidore Lyubimov Исидор Любимов	1882	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Member, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	—
Alexander Markov Александр Марков	1877	1935	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Textile Workers	—
Dmitry Matveyev Дмитрий Матвеев	1900	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Secretary, Central Committee of the Young Communist League	—
Grigory Melnichansky Григорий Мельничанский	1886	1937	19 December 1927		Russian✡	—	Head, Organization Department All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions	—
Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин	1890	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, North Caucasian Regional Committee	—
Gazanfar Musabekov Газанфар Мусабеков	1888	1938	19 December 1927		Azerbaijani	—	Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Azerbaijani SSR	—
Klavdija Nikolaeva Клавдия Николаева	1893	1944	19 December 1927		Russian♀	—	Head, Workers' and Peasants' Department	—
Ivan Nosov Иван Носов	1888	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Sevastopol Regional Committee	—
Georgy Oppokov Георгий Оппоков	1888	1938	19 December 1927		Russian		Chairman, Board of Neftesindikata	—
Mamia Orakhelashvili Мамия Орахелашвили	1888	1937	23 July 1926		Georgian↑		Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Transcaucasian SFSR	—
Osip Piatnitsky Осип Пятницкий	1882	1938	19 December 1927		Russian✡		Memberm Presidium of the State Planning Commission at the Council of Labor and Defense	—
Pavel Postyshev Григо́рій Петро́вський	1887	1939	19 December 1927		Russian		First Secretary, Kiev Regional Committee	—
Konstantin Rumyantsev Константин Румянцев	1889	1939	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, Board of Azneft Trust	—
Kuzma Ryndin Кузьма Рындин	1893	1938	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Perm Regional Committee	—
Boris Semenov Борис Семёнов	1890	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	First Secretary, Luhansk Regional Committee	—
Alexander Serebrovsky Александр Серебровский	1884	1938	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Deputy Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	—
Mykola Skrypnyk Микола Скрипник	1872	1933	19 December 1927		Ukrainian		People's Commissar for Justice of the Ukrainian SSR Procurator General of the Ukrainian SSR	—
Konstantin Strievsky Константин Стриевский	1885	1938	19 December 1927		Belarusian	—	Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Metalworkers	—
Sergei Syrtsov Сергей Сырцов	1893	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Head, Agitation and Propaganda Department	—
Fyodor Ugarov Фёдор Угаров	1885	1932	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Chairman, Leningrad Regional Council of Trade Unions	—
Józef Unszlicht Ио́сиф У́ншлихт	1879	1938	19 December 1927		Polish✡	—	Deputy People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs	—
Mikhail Uryvayev Михаил Урываев	1887	1937	19 December 1927		Russian	—	Director, Kolomna Machine-Building Plant	—
Juozas Vareikis Иосиф Варейкис	1894	1938	19 December 1927		Lithuanian	—	Head, Press Department	—
Andrei Zhdanov Андрей Жданов	1896	1948	19 December 1927		Russian		First Secretary, Nizhny Novgorod Regional Committee	—

Notes

1.^ Georgy Chicherin's mother was German.

2.^ Mamia Orakhelashvili was promoted from candidate membership to full membership on 23 July 1926 by the 1st Joint Plenary Session of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission.

3.^ Vasily Schmidt was born into a German family, but was born and raised in Russia.

4.^ Konstantin Gey was born into an Estonian family, but was born and raised in Russia.

References

General

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the XIV th Congress of the CPSU (b) 12.31.1925 members" reference), the Central Committee full- and candidate membership, Politburo membership, Secretariat membership and Orgburo membership were taken from these sources: