Central Committee elected by the 15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Central Committee elected
by the 15th Congress

14th ← → 16th
The 15th Party Congress; in the foreground Alexei Rykov, Mykola Skrypnyk and Joseph Stalin raising their membership cards.
Duration	19 December 1927 – 13 July 1930
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Second Secretary	Vyacheslav Molotov
Inner-groups	Politburo: 9 full & 10 candidates Secretariat: 8 full & 4 candidates Orgburo: 16 full & 9 candidates
No. of departments	11
Members	71 full and 50 candidates (CC)

The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 15th Congress, and sat from 19 December 1927 until 13 July 1930. 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.
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, of which six CC plenary sessions and two joint CC–Central Control Commission (CCC) plenary sessions were held between the 15th Congress and the 16th 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
1st Plenary Session	—	19 December 1927	1 day
—	1st Joint Plenary Session	6–11 April 1928	6 days
2nd Plenary Session	—	4–12 July 1928	9 days
3rd Plenary Session	—	16–24 November 1928	9 days
—	2nd Joint Plenary Session	16–23 April 1929	8 days
4th Plenary Session	—	29 April 1929	1 day
5th Plenary Session	—	21 June 1929	1 day
6th Plenary Session	—	10–17 November 1929	8 days

Apparatus

Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 15th Congress and the 16th 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	Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий	1894	1937	19 December 1927	3 May 1928		Russian
Agitation, Propaganda and Press Department	Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий	1894	1937	3 May 1928	19 November 1929		Russian
Agitation, Propaganda and Press Department	Aleksei Stetskii Алексей Стецкий	1896	1938	19 November 1929	1 May 1930		Russian
Bolshevik	Nikolay Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин	1888	1938	19 December 1927	April 1929		Russian
Bolshevik	Vilhelm Knorin Вильгельм Кнорин	1890	1929	1930	13 July 1930		Latvian
Chief Administrator	Timofey Samsonov Тимофей Самсонов	1888	1956	19 December 1927	13 July 1930		Russian
Culture and Propaganda Department	Aleksei Stetskii Алексей Стецкий	1896	1938	1 May 1930	13 July 1930		Russian
Information Department	Lev Roshal Лев Рошаль	1896	1940	19 December 1927	1928		Belarusian
Institute of Red Professors	Mikhail Pokrovsky Михаи́л Покро́вский	1868	1932	19 December 1927	13 July 1930		Russian
Lenin Institute	Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov Ива́н Скворцо́в-Степа́нов	1878	1928	19 December 1927	August 1928		Russian
Lenin Institute	Maksimilian Savelyev Максимилиан Савельев	1884	1939	August 1928	13 July 1930		Russian
Party History Department	Vacant	—	—	19 December 1927	13 July 1930		—
Pravda	Nikolay Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин	1888	1938	19 December 1927	April 1929		Russian
Pravda	Vacant	—	—	April 1929	13 July 1930		—
Press Department	Sergei Gusev Сергей Гусев	1874	1933	19 December 1927	March 1928		Russian✡
Press Department	Nikolay Smirnov Николай Смирнов	1893	1940	March 1928	May 1928		Russian
Organizational-Distribution Department	Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин	1890	1937	19 December 1927	13 July 1930		Russian
Secret Department	Ivan Tovstukha Иван Товстуха	1889	1935	19 December 1927	13 July 1930		Ukrainian
Statistical Department	Yelena Smitten Елена Смиттен	1883	1942	19 December 1927	13 July 1930		Belarusian♀
Work in the Countryside Department	Karl Bauman Карл Бауман	1882	1937	19 December 1927	13 July 1930		Latvian
Workers' and Peasants' Department	Aleksandra Artyukhina Елена Смиттен	1889	1969	19 December 1927	13 July 1930		Russian♀

Members

Full

Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	Left office	Tenure	Ethnicity	Portrait	First post held (during term)	CIM
Ivan Akulov Иван Акулов	1888	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Chairman, Central Committee of the Ukrainian Council of Trade Unions	—
Andrey Andreyev Андрей Андреев	1895	1971	13 July 1930		Russian		—	CPB, OB
Nikolay Antipov Николай Антипов	1894	1938	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Second Secretary, Leningrad Regional Committee	COB
Aleksandra Artyukhina Александра Артюхина	1889	1969	13 July 1930		Russian♀	—	Head, Workers and Peasants Department of the Central Committee	OB, CSC
Aleksei Badayev Алексей Бадаев	1883	1951	13 July 1930		Russian		Chairman, Leningrad Union of Consumer Societies	—
Karl Bauman Карл Бауман	1892	1937	13 July 1930		Latvian	—	Head, Department for Work in the Countryside of the Central Committee	CPB, SC, OB
Andrei Bubnov Андрей Бубнов	1884	1938	13 July 1930		Russian		Head, Political Directorate of the Red Army	OB, CSC
Nikolai Bukharin Никола́й Буха́рин	1888	1938	13 July 1930		Russian		Editor-in-chief, Pravda	PB
Georgy Chicherin Георгий Чичерин	1872	1936	13 July 1930		Russian		People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs	—
Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар	1891	1939	13 July 1930		Ukrainian		Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR	CPB
Mikhail Chudov Михаил Чудов	1893	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	First Secretary, North Caucasian Regional Committee	—
Aleksandr Dogadov Александр Догадов	1888	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Secretary, Central Committee of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions	OB
Yan Gamarnik Ян Гамарник	1894	1937	13 July 1930		Ukrainian✡		First Secretary, Far Eastern Regional Committee	OB
Filipp Goloshchokin Филипп Голощёкин	1876	1941	13 July 1930		Russian✡	—	First Secretary, Kazakskogo Regional Committee	—
Ivan Kabakov Иван Кабаков	1891	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	First Secretary, Tula Regional Committee	—
Lazar Kaganovich Лазарь Каганович	1893	1991	13 July 1930		Russian✡		First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine	CPB, SC, OB
Mikhail Kalinin Михаил Калинин	1875	1946	13 July 1930		Russian		Chairman, Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets	PB
Kuprian Kirkizh Куприян Киркиж	1886	1932	13 July 1930		Belarusian	—	First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan	—
Sergey Kirov Серге́й Ки́ров	1886	1934	13 July 1930		Russian		First Secretary, Leningrad City Committee First Secretary, Leningrad Regional Committee	CPB
Vilhelm Knorin Вильгельм Кнорин	1890	1938	13 July 1930		Latvian	—	First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party of Byelorussia	—
Nikolay Kolotilov Николай Колотилов	1885	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	First Secretary, Ivanov-Voznesensky Regional Committee	—
Nikolay Komarov Николай Комаров	1886	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Chairman, Executive Committee of the Leningrad Regional Soviet	—
Joseph Kosior Иосиф Косиор	1889	1937	13 July 1930		Polish	—	Chairman, Board of Vostokstal	—
Stanislav Kosior Станислав Косиор	1889	1939	13 July 1930		Polish	—	First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine	CPB, SC, OB
Vasily Kotov Василий Котов	1885	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Member, Secretariat of the Moscow Regional Committee	COB
Nadezhda Krupskaya Наде́жда Кру́пская	1869	1939	13 July 1930		Russian♀		Member, Collegium of the People's Commissar for Education of the Russian SFSR	—
Gleb Krzhizhanovsky Глеб Кржижано́вский	1872	1959	13 July 1930		Russian		Chairman, State Planning Commission at the Council of Labor and Defense	—
Nikolay Kubiak Николай Кубяк	1881	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	80px	People's Commissar for Agriculture of the Russian SFSR	SC, OB
Yegor Kulikov Егор Куликов	1891	1943	13 July 1930		Russian	—	First Secretary, Zamoskvorechye District Committee	—
Valerian Kuybyshev Валериан Куйбышев	1888	1935	13 July 1930		Russian		Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	—
Emanuel Kviring Эммануил Квиринг	1888	1937	13 July 1930		Volga German		Deputy Chairman, State Planning Commission at the Council of Labor and Defense	—
Ivan Lepse Иван Лепсе	1889	1929	6 October 1929		Latvian	—	Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Metalworkers	COB
Semen Lobov Семён Лобов	1888	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Russian SFSR	COB
Isidore Lyubimov Исидор Любимов	1882	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Chairman, Board of the Central Union of Consumer Societies	—
Dmitry Manuilsky Дмитро Мануїльський	1883	1959	13 July 1930		Ukrainian		Member, Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International	—
Alexei Medvedev Алексей Медведев	1884	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Second Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine	—
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky Вячеслав Менжинский	1874	1934	13 July 1930		Russian		Chairman, Joint State Political Directorate	—
Vasily Mikhailov Василий Михайлов	1894	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Chairman, Moscow City Council of Trade Unions	COB
Anastas Mikoyan Анастас Микоян	1895	1978	13 July 1930		Armenian		People's Commissar for Foreign and Internal Trade	CPB
Vyacheslav Molotov Вячеслав Молотов	1890	1986	13 July 1930		Russian		Member, Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International Secretary, Executive Committee of the Communist International	PB, SC, OB
Ivan Moskvin Иван Москвин	1890	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Head, Organizational-Distribution Department of the Central Committee	OB, CSC
Georgy Oppokov Георгий Оппоков	1888	1938	13 July 1930		Russian		Chairman, Board of Donugol	—
Mamia Orakhelashvili Мамия Орахелашвили	1888	1937	13 July 1930		Georgian		First Secretary, Transcaucasian Regional Committee	—
Grigory Petrovsky Григо́рій Петро́вський	1878	1958	13 July 1930		Ukrainian		Chairman, Central Executive Committee of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets	CPB
Osip Piatnitsky Осип Пятницкий	1882	1938	13 July 1930		Russian✡		Secretary, Executive Committee of the Communist International	—
Pavel Postyshev Григо́рій Петро́вський	1887	1939	13 July 1930		Russian		First Secretary, Kharkiv Regional Committee	—
Jānis Rudzutaks Ян Рудзутак	1887	1938	13 July 1930		Latvian		People's Commissar for Railways	PB
Moisei Rukhimovich Моисей Рухимович	1889	1937	13 July 1930		Russian✡		Deputy Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	OB
Ivan Rumyantsev Иван Румянцев	1886	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	First Secretary, Vladimir Regional Committee	—
Alexei Rykov Алексей Рыков	1881	1938	13 July 1930		Russian		Chairman, Council of People's Commissars Chairman, Council of Labor and Defense	PB
Vasily Schmidt Сергей Чуцкаев	1886	1938	13 July 1930		Russian		People's Commissar for Labor	COB
Isaak Schwartz Исаак Шварц	1879	1951	13 July 1930		Ukrainian✡	—	Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Coal Miners	—
Nikolay Shvernik Николай Шверник	1888	1970	13 July 1930		Russian		First Secretary, Ural Regional Committee	OB
Mykola Skrypnyk Микола Скрипник	1872	1933	13 July 1930		Ukrainian		People's Commissar for Education of the Ukrainian SSR	—
Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov Ива́н Скворцо́в-Степа́нов	1878	1928	8 October 1928		Russian		Head, Lenin Institute	—
Alexander Smirnov Александр Смирнов	1878	1938	13 July 1930		Russian	—	People's Commissar for Agriculture of the Russian SFSR	OB, SC
Grigori Sokolnikov Григорий Сокольников	1888	1938	13 July 1930		Ukrainian✡		Deputy Chairman, State Planning Commission at the Council of Labor and Defense	—
Joseph Stalin Ио́сиф Ста́лин	1878	1953	13 July 1930		Georgian		General Secretary, Central Committee	PB, SC, OB
Aleksei Stetskii Алексей Стецкий	1896	1938	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Head, Propaganda Department of the Leningrad Regional Committee	—
Konstantin Strievsky Константин Стриевский	1885	1938	13 July 1930		Belarusian	—	Chairman, Moscow Soviet for the National Economy	—
Daniil Sulimov Даниил Сулимов	1890	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	First Deputy People's Commissar for Railways	OB
Sergei Syrtsov Сергей Сырцов	1893	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	First Secretary, Siberian Regional Committee	CPB
Aleksandr Tolokontsev Александр Толоконцев	1889	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Chairman, Central Military-Industrial Management of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	—
Mikhail Tomsky Михаил Томский	1880	1936	13 July 1930		Russian		Chairman, Central Committee of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions	PB
Alexander Tsiurupa Алекса́ндр Цюру́па	1870	1928	8 May 1928		Ukrainian		Deputy Chairman, Council of People's Commissars	—
Fyodor Ugarov Фёдор Угаров	1885	1932	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Chairman, Leningrad Regional Council of Trade Unions	—
Nikolai Uglanov Николай Угланов	1886	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	First Secretary, Moscow City Committee	CPB, SC, OB
Konstantin Ukhanov Константин Уханов	1891	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Chairman, Executive Committee of the Moscow Regional Soviet	COB
Kliment Voroshilov Климент Ворошилов	1881	1969	13 July 1930		Russian		Chairman, Revolutionary Military Council People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs	PB
Isaak Zelensky Исаак Зеленский	1890	1937	13 July 1930		Russian✡	—	First Secretary, Central Asian Bureau	—
Ivan Zhukov Иван Жуков	1889	1937	13 July 1930		Russian	—	Chairman, Board of Elektrotresta	—

Candidate

Name Cyrillic	BY	DY	Ethnicity	First post held (during term)	Portrait	CIM
Pyotr Alexeyev Пётр Алексеев	1877	1936	Russian	First Secretary, Narva District Committee	—	—
Naum Antselovich Наум Анцелович	1888	1952	Russian✡	Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Rural Workers	—	—
Petr Baranov Пётр Баранов	1892	1933	Russian	Commander, Red Army Air Force	—	—
Nikolai Bryukhanov Николай Брюханов	1878	1938	Russian	People's Commissar for Finance		—
Nikolai Chaplin Николай Чаплин	1902	1938	Russian	First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Youth League	—	COB
Sergey Chutskayev Сергей Чуцкаев	1876	1944	Russian	Chairman, Executive Committee of the Far Eastern Regional Soviet	—	—
Mikhail Chuvyrin Михаил Чувырин	1883	1947	Russian	First Secretary, Luhansk Regional Committee	—	—
Robert Eikhe Роберт Эйхе	1890	1940	Latvian	Chairman, Executive Committee of the Far Eastern Regional Soviet	—	—
Shalva Eliava Шалва Элиава	1883	1937	Georgian	Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Transcaucasian SFSR		—
Konstantin Gey Константин Гей	1896	1939	Russian	Member, Executive Committee of the Red International of Labor Unions	—	—
Fyodor Gryadinsky Фёдор Грядинский	1893	1938	Russian	People's Commissar for Foreign and Domestic Trade	—	—
Akmal Ikramov Акмаль Икрамов	1898	1938	Uzbek	Second Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan		—
Vladimir Ivanov Владимир Иванов	1893	1938	Russian	Second Secretary, North Caucasus Regional Committee	—	—
Anna Kalgyna Анна Калыгина	1895	1937	Russian♀	Deputy Head, Workers and Peasants Department of the Central Committee	—	—
Grigory Kaminsky Григорий Каминский	1895	1938	Russian✡	Deputy Chairman, Central Committee of the Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives		—
Mendel Khatayevich Мендель Хатаeвич	1893	1937	Russian✡	First Secretary, Tatar Regional Committee	—	—
Aleksei Kiselyov Алексей Киселёв	1879	1937	Russian	Secretary, Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International		—
Ivan Klimenko Иван Клименко	1891	1937	Russian	Deputy People's Commissar of Agriculture of the Russian SFSR	—	—
Ivan Kodatskiy Иван Кодацкий	1893	1937	Russian	First Secretary, Vyborg District Committee	—	—
Philemon Kolgushkin Филимон Колгушкин	1887	1937	Russian✡	Deputy Chairman, Leningrad Soviet of the National Economy	—	—
Taras Kondratyev Тарас Кондратьев	1892	1937	Russian	First Secretary, Volodarsky District Committee	—	—
Alexander Krinitsky Александр Криницкий	1894	1937	Russian	Agitation and Propaganda Department of the Central Committee		—
Fyodor Leonov Фёдор Леонов	1892	1938	Russian	First Secretary, Krasnaya Presnya District Committee	—	—
Filipp Lokotskov Филипп Локацков	1881	1937	Russian	Chairman, Executive Committee of the Ural Regional Soviet	—	—
Vissarion Lominadze Виссарион Ломинадзе	1897	1935	Georgian	Member, Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International	—	—
Solomon Lozovsky Соломон Лозовский	1892	1952	Russian✡	General Secretary, Central Committee of the Red International of Labor Unions		—
Alexander Markov Александр Марков	1877	1935	Russian	Chairman, Central Committee of the Union of Textile Workers	—	—
Valery Mezhlauk Валерий Межлаук	1893	1938	Latvian	Head, Metallurgy Directorate of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy		—
Mikhail Mikhailov-Ivanov Михаил Михайлов-Иванов	1894	1931	Russian	Chairman, Board of the Leningrad Machine-Building Trust	—	—
Levon Mirzoyan Левон Мирзоян	1887	1939	Armenian	First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Azerbaijan		—
Grigory Melnichansky Григорий Мельничанский	1886	1937	Russian✡	Member, All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions	—	—
Gazanfar Musabekov Газанфар Мусабеков	1888	1938	Azerbaijani	Chairman, Council of People's Commissars of the Azerbaijani SSR	—	—
Klavdija Nikolaeva Клавдия Николаева	1893	1944	Russian♀	Agitation and Propaganda Department of the North Caucasian Regional Committee	—	—
Ivan Nosov Иван Носов	1888	1937	Russian	First Secretary, Crimean Regional Committee	—	—
Mikhail Oshvintsev Михаил Ошвинцев	1889	1939	Russian	Chairman, Ural Soviet of the National Economy	—	—
Vladimir Polonsky Михаил Ошвинцев	1893	1937	Russian✡	First Secretary, Rogozhsko-Simonovsky District Committee	—	—
Konstantin Rumyantsev Константин Румянцев	1889	1939	Russian	Deputy Chairman, Board of Azneft	—	—
Kuzma Ryndin Кузьма Рындин	1893	1938	Russian	Second Secretary, Ural Regional Committee	—	—
Martemyan Ryutin Мартемья́н Рю́тин	1890	1937	Russian	First Secretary, Krasnaya Presnya District Committee	—	—
Boris Semenov Борис Семёнов	1890	1937	Russian	First Secretary, Ekaterynoslavsky–Dnepropetrovsk District Committee	—	—
Alexander Serebrovsky Александр Серебровский	1884	1938	Russian	Deputy Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy	—	—
Sergey Sobolev Александр Серебровский	1900	1939	Russian	First Secretary, Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Youth League	—	—
Vasily Stroganov Василий Строганов	1888	1938	Russian	First Secretary, Yuzovsky–Stalin District Committee	—	—
Kirill Sukhomlin Кирилл Сухомлин	1886	1938	Russian	Chairman, Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Ukrainian SSR	—	—
Anton Tsikhon Антон Цихон	1887	1939	Belausian	First Secretary, Bauman district committee	—	—
Józef Unszlicht Ио́сиф У́ншлихт	1879	1938	Polish✡	Deputy People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs		—
Mikhail Uryvayev Михаил Урываев	1887	1937	Russian	Head, Joint Military Factories	—	—
Juozas Vareikis Иосиф Варейкис	1894	1938	Lithuanian	First Secretary, Saratov Regional Committee	—	—
Andrei Zhdanov Андрей Жданов	1896	1948	Russian	First Secretary, Nizhny Novgorod Regional Committee		—

References

General

Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the XVth Congress of the CPSU (b) 12.19.1927 members" reference), the Central Committee full- and candidate membership, Politburo membership, Secretariat membership and Orgburo membership were taken from these sources: