The Central Committee (CC) composition was elected by the 6th Congress, and sat from 3 August 1917 until 8 March 1918. The CC 1st Plenary Session established the Narrow Composition (abolished October 1917), the Politburo (abolished November 1917) and the Bureau (established in November 1917), while sanctioning the establishment of the Secretariat on the orders of the Narrow Composition.

Plenary sessions + Plenary sessions of the Central Committee Plenum Date Length 1st Plenary Session 4–5 August 1917 2 days 2nd Plenary Session 10 October 1917 1 day 3rd Plenary Session 16 October 1917 1 day 4th Plenary Session 20 October 1917 1 day 5th Plenary Session 24 October 1917 1 day 6th Plenary Session 7 November 1917 1 day 7th Plenary Session 29 November 1917 1 day 8th Plenary Session 11 December 1917 1 day 9th Plenary Session 9 January 1918 1 day 10th Plenary Session 22 February 1918 1 day 11th Plenary Session 23 February 1918 1 day

Composition Members +Members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) Name Cyrillic April CC 7th CC Nationality Gender Portrait Ян Берзин 1881 1938 1902 Latvian Male Андрей Бубнов 1884 1938 1903 Russian Male Никола́й Буха́рин 1888 1938 1906 Russian Male Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский 1877 1926 1906 Polish Male Лев Ка́менев 1883 1936 1901 Jewish-Russian Male Алекса́ндра Коллонта́й 1872 1952 1915 Ukrainian-Finnish Female Никола́й Крести́нский 1883 1938 1901 Ukrainian Male Владимир Ленин 1870 1924 1898 Russian Male Владимир Милютин 1884 1937 1910 Russian Male Матвей Муранов 1873 1959 1904 Ukrainian Male Ви́ктор Ноги́н 1878 1924 1898 Russian Male Алексей Рыков 1881 1938 1899 Russian Male Фёдор Серге́ев 1883 1921 1914 Russian Male Степан Шаумян 1878 1918 1898 Armenian Male Ивар Смилга 1892 1937 1907 Latvian Male Григорий Сокольников 1888 1939 1905 Jewish Male Ио́сиф Ста́лин 1878 1953 1898 Georgian Male Я́ков Свердло́в 1885 1919 1901 Jewish Male Лев Тро́цкий 1879 1940 1917 Jewish Male Моисей Урицкий 1873 1918 1917 Jewish Male Григо́рий Зино́вьев 1883 1936 1901 Jewish Male

Candidates +Candidate Members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) Name Cyrillic April CC 7th CC Nationality Gender Portrait Прокофий Джапаридзе 1880 1918 1898 Georgian Male Адо́льф Ио́ффе 1883 1927 1910 Karaite Male Алексей Киселёв 1879 1937 1898 Russian Male Гео́ргий Оппо́ков 1888 1938 1903 Russian Male Евге́ний Преображе́нский 1886 1937 1903 Russian Male Микола Скрипник 1872 1933 1898 Ukrainian Male Еле́на Ста́сова 1873 1966 1898 Russian Female Варвара Яковлева 1884 1941 1904 Jewish Female

Prospectives +Prospective Members of the Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) Name Cyrillic April CC 7th CC Ethnicity Gender Portrait Валериан Оболенский 1887 1938 1907 Russian Male Ива́н Теодо́рович 1875 1937 1898 Polish Male

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Plenary sessions, apparatus heads, ethnicity (by clicking on the individual names on "The Central Committee elected by the VIth Party Congress (b) 3 (16) .8.1917 members" reference), the Central Committee full- and candidate membership, Bureau membership, Secretariat membership and Orgburo membership were taken from these sources:

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