10th ←
→ 12th
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Delegates at the 11th Party Congress
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Duration | 2 April 1922 – 25 April 1923 |
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General Secretary | Joseph Stalin |
Second Secretary | Vyacheslav Molotov |
Inner-groups |
Politburo: 7 full & 3 candidates Secretariat: 3 members Orgburo: 7 full & 3 candidates |
Apparatus | Seven bureaus, six departments and one administrative post |
Members | 27 full and 17 candidates |
The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 11th Congress, and sat from 2 April 1922 until 25 April 1923 . The CC 1st Plenary Session renewed the composition of the Politburo, Secretariat and the Organizational Bureau (OB) of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
The CC was not a permanent institution. It convened nine plenary sessions between the 11th Congress and the 12th 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).
Individuals employed by Central Committee's bureaus, departments and newspapers made up the apparatus between the 11th Congress and the 12th 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.