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The congress elected the 12th Central Committee. It was attended by 408 delegates with deciding votes and 417 with consultative votes, representing 386,000 party members. [1] This was the last congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (RCP(b) during Vladimir Lenin's leadership, though Lenin was unable to attend due to illness. [1] [2]
Lists of members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union include: Aug.–Oct. 1917; Oct.–Dec. 1917; 6th (1917–18) 7th (1918–19) 8th (1919–20)
The Congress of People's Deputies is a meeting of former deputies of different levels and convocations from Russia, claiming to be the transitional parliament of the Russian Federation or its possible successor. [8] Former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev became the public initiator of the congress.
The 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) was convened in the Andreevskii hall of the large Kremlin palace on December 18, 1925. [1] A total of 665 delegates with decisive votes and 641 delegates with advisory voice were in attendance, representing the 643,000 members and 445,000 candidate members of the Soviet Communist Party. [1]
Members of the Federation Council in session The Federation Council ( Russian : Совет Федерации ) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the parliament of the Russian Federation .
The 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), popularly known as the Executed Congress (as the majority of those present at the Congress were arrested or executed during the Great Purge) was held from 26 January to 10 February 1934. The congress was attended by 1,225 delegates with a casting vote and 736 delegates with a ...
Of the 139 full members and candidate members elected at the 17th Party Congress, 98 people were killed in the period 1936–1940. [7] Of these 44 (out of 71) were full members, while 55 (out of 68) were candidate members. [7] Of those arrested, over 80 percent of them were below the age of 50. [7]
The Whites gained support from 35,000 members of the Czech Legion, who allied with the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly (Komuch), an anti-Bolshevik government in Samara. [285] Western governments, angered by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and fearing Bolshevik calls for world revolution, also backed the Whites. [ 286 ]