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Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Supreme decision-making body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Field	Value
name	Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
native_name	Съезд Коммунистической партии Советского Союза
logo	КПСС.svg
logo_caption	Emblem of the CPSU
house_type	Party meeting
term_limits	Various, eventually five years
disbanded	1990	leader1_type = Authority
established	1898	leader1 = Statute of the CPSU
leader2_type	Jurisdiction
leader2	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
first_election1	First session 1917	last_election1=Last session 1990	session_room = File:Государственный кремлевский дворец.jpg
session_res	250px
meeting_place	Kremlin Palace of Congresses
Moscow, Soviet Union

Moscow, Soviet Union

The Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union () was the supreme decision-making body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Its meetings served as convention of all party delegates and their predecessors.

Between the congresses the party was ruled by the Central Committee. Over the course of the party's history, the name was changed in accordance with the current name of the party at the time. The frequency of party congresses varied with the meetings being annual events in the 1920s while no congress was held at all between 1939 and 1952. After the death of Joseph Stalin, the congresses were held every five years.

Keys

Abbreviations
CC
CAC
FM
CM
VD
CD
Report
Charter
PMR

Convocations

Congress	Duration
(start—end)	Delegates	Elected	CC Report
(presented by)	CAC Report
(presented by)	Charter
(amendments)	Program
(amendments)	PMR	Place	Location	CC	CAC
[1st Congress](1st-congress-of-the-russian-social-democratic-labour-party)
3 days	1 March
–
3 March 1898	9	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	Minsk	Russia Russian Empire
[2nd Congress](2nd-congress-of-the-russian-social-democratic-labour-party)
25 days
1903 election	17 July
–
10 August 1903	51 VD
–
12 CD	3 FM
–
2 PM	—	—	—	Amendment	1st Program	—	Brussels	Belgium
—	London	United Kingdom United Kingdom
[3rd Congress](3rd-congress-of-the-russian-social-democratic-labour-party)
16 days
1905 election	12 April
–
27 April 1905	24 VD
–
14 CD	4 FM
4 AP
1 PM	—	—	—	Amendment	—	—
[4th Congress](4th-congress-of-the-russian-social-democratic-labour-party)
16 days
1906 election	10 April
–
25 April 1906	112 VD
–
22 CD	10 FM
–
1 PM	—	—	—	Amendment	—	—	Stockholm	Sweden
[5th Congress](5th-congress-of-the-russian-social-democratic-labour-party)
20 days
1907 election	30 April
–
19 May 1907	343 VD
–
41 CD	11 FM
21 CM
6 PM	—	R. Abramovitch
A. Bogdanov
J. Martov	—	—	—	178,000	London	United Kingdom United Kingdom
[6th Congress](6th-congress-of-the-russian-social-democratic-labour-party-bolsheviks)
9 days
1917 election	26 July
–
3 August 1917	157 VD
–
110 CD	21 FM
–
10 CM	—	None	—	Amendment	2nd Program	177,000	Petrograd	Russia Russian Republic
[7th Congress](7th-congress-of-the-russian-communist-party-bolsheviks)
3 days
1917–1918 election	6 March
–
8 March 1918	47 VD
–
59 CD	19 FM
–
8 CM	—	V. Lenin &
Y. Sverdlov	—	—	—	233,000	Russian SFSR
[8th Congress](8th-congress-of-the-russian-communist-party-bolsheviks)
6 days
1918–1919 election	18 March
–
23 March 1919	301 VD
–
102 CD	19 FM
–
8 CM	3	V. Lenin	—	Amendment	—	313,766	Moscow
[9th Congress](9th-congress-of-the-russian-communist-party-bolsheviks)
8 days
1919–1920 election	29 March
–
5 April 1920	301 VD
–
102 CD	19 FM
–
12 CM	None	V. Lenin	—	—	—	611,978
[10th Congress](10th-congress-of-the-russian-communist-party-bolsheviks)
9 days
1921–1922 election	8 March
–
16 March 1921	715 VD
–
553 CD	25 FM
–
15 CM	None	V. Lenin	—	—	—	732,521
[11th Congress](11th-congress-of-the-russian-communist-party-bolsheviks)
7 days
1921–1922 election	27 March
–
2 April 1922	694 VD
–
296 CD	27 FM
–
17 CM	None	V. Lenin	V. Nogin	—	—	532,000
[12th Congress](12th-congress-of-the-russian-communist-party-bolsheviks)
9 days
1922–1923 election	17 April
–
25 April 1923	408 VD
–
417 CD	40 FM
–
17 CM	3	L. Kamenev	V. Nogin	Amendment	—	386,000	Soviet Union
[13th Congress](13th-congress-of-the-russian-communist-party-bolsheviks)
9 days
1923–1924 election	23 May
–
31 May 1924	748 VD
–
416 CD	53 FM
–
34 CM	3	G. Zinoviev	D. Kursky	—	—	735,881 FM
–
127,741 CM
[14th Congress](14th-congress-of-the-all-union-communist-party-bolsheviks)
14 days
1925 election	18 December
–
31 December 1925	665 VD
–
641 CD	63 FM
–
43 CM	7	J. Stalin	D. Kursky	Amendment	—	643,000 FM
–
445,000 CM
[15th Congress](15th-congress-of-the-all-union-communist-party-bolsheviks)
18 days
1927 election	2 December
–
19 December 1927	898 VD
–
771 CD	71 FM
–
50 CM	9	J. Stalin	D. Kursky	Amendment	—	887,233 FM
–
348,957 CM
[16th Congress](16th-congress-of-the-all-union-communist-party-bolsheviks)
18 days
1929–1930 election	26 June
–
13 July 1930	1268 VD
–
891 CD	71 FM
–
67 CM	13	J. Stalin	M. Vladimirsky	—	—	1,260,874 FM
–
711,609 CM
[17th Congress](17th-congress-of-the-all-union-communist-party-bolsheviks)
16 days
1933–1934 election	26 January
–
10 February 1934	1225 VD
–
736 CD	71 FM
–
68 CM	22	J. Stalin	M. Vladimirsky	Amendment	—	1,872,488 FM
–
935,298 CM
[18th Congress](18th-congress-of-the-all-union-communist-party-bolsheviks)
12 days
1938–1939 election	10 March
–
21 March 1939	1569 VD
–
466 CD	71 FM
–
13 CM	13	J. Stalin	M. Vladimirsky	Amendment	—	1,588,852 FM
–
888,814 CM
[19th Congress](19th-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
10 days
1951–1952 election	5 October
–
14 October 1952	1192 VD
–
167 CD	125 FM
–
111 CM	37	G. Malenkov	P. Moskatov	Amendment	—	6,000,000 FM
–
900,000 CM
[20th Congress](20th-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
12 days
1955–1956 election	14 February
–
25 February 1956	1349 VD
–
81 CD	133 FM
–
122 CM	63	N. Khrushchev	P. Moskatov	Amendment	—	6,795,896 FM
–
419,609 CM
[21st Congress](21st-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
10 days
None	27 January
–
5 February 1959	1261 VD
–
106 CD	None	None	N. Khrushchev	—	—	—	7,622,356 FM
–
616,775 CM
[22nd Congress](22nd-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
15 days
1960–1961 election	17 October
–
31 October 1961	4394 VD
–
405 CD	175 FM
–
155 CM	65	N. Khrushchev	A. Gorkin	Amendment	3rd Program	8,872,516 FM
–
843,489 CM
[23rd Congress](23rd-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
11 days
1965–1966 election	29 March
–
8 April 1966	4619 VD
–
323 CD	195 FM
–
165 CM	79	L. Brezhnev	N. Muravyova	Amendment	Amendment	11,673,676 FM
–
797,403 CM
[24th Congress](24th-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
11 days
1970–1971 election	30 March
–
9 April 1971	4740 VD
–
223 CD	245 FM
–
155 CM	81	L. Brezhnev		—	—	13,810,089 FM
–
645,232 CM
[25th Congress](25th-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
10 days
1975–1976 election	24 February
–
5 March 1976	4998	287 FM
–
139 CM	85	L. Brezhnev		—	—	15,365,600 FM
–
628,876 CM
[26th Congress](26th-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
9 days
1980–1981 election	23 February
–
3 March 1981	4994	319 FM
–
151 CM	75	L. Brezhnev		—	—	16,732,408 FM
–
698,005 CM
[27th Congress](27th-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
10 days
1985–1986 election	25 February
–
6 March 1986	4993	307 FM
–
170 CM	83	M. Gorbachev		Amendment	Amendment	18,975,725 FM
–
512,097 CM
[28th Congress](28th-congress-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union)
12 days
1990–1991 election	2 July
–
13 July 1990	4683	412	—	M. Gorbachev	—	Amendment	Failed to
approve program	18,856,113 FM
–
372,104 CM

References

General

Information on congresses, number of delegates, number of people elected to CCs, party membership, the individual who presented the Political Report and information on when the congress was convened can be found in these sources:

Bibliography

Articles and journals:

Specific

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