Date | Event |
16 Jan 1919 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Vladimirsky, Krestinsky, Sverdlov (died 16 Mar 1919) |
25 Mar 1919 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Alexander Beloborodov, Krestinsky, Leonid Serebryakov, Stalin, Elena Stasova; candidate member: Matvei Muranov |
29 Nov 1919 | Mikhail Kalinin elected full member at the Central Committee plenum |
5 Apr 1920 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Krestinsky, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Alexei Rykov, Serebryakov, Stalin |
16 Mar 1921 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Komarov, V.Mikhaylov, Molotov, Rykov, Stalin, Tomsky, Yaroslavsky; candidate members: Dzerzhinsky, Kalinin, Rudzutak |
28 May 1921 | Politburo approved Zalutsky, Kutuzov, Shmidt as candidate members |
8 Aug 1921 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Dzerzhinsky, Zalutsky, V.Mikhaylov, Molotov, Rudzutak, Rykov, Stalin; candidate members: Kalinin, Kutuzov, Shmidt |
3 Apr 1922 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Andreyev, Dzerzhinsky, Kuibyshev, Molotov, Rykov, Stalin, Tomsky; candidate members: Isaak Zelensky, Kalinin, Rudzutak |
26 Apr 1923 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Andreyev, Dzerzhinsky, Molotov, Rudzutak, Rykov, Stalin, Tomsky; candidate members: Zelensky, Kalinin, V.Mikhaylov |
25 Sep 1923 | Zinoviev and Trotsky elected full members, Bukharin and Korotkov candidate members at the Central Committee plenum |
2 Jun 1924 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Andreyev, Bubnov, Voroshilov, Dogadov, Zelensky, L.Kaganovich, Kalinin, Molotov, Nikolayeva, Smirnov, Stalin; candidate members: Antipov, Dzerzhinsky, Lepse, Tomsky, Chaplin, Frunze (died 31 Oct 1925) |
20 Aug 1924 | Zelensky relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Nikolai Uglanov elected full member |
1 Jan 1926 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Andreyev, Artyuhina, Bubnov, Dogadov, Yevdokimov, Kviring, Kosior, Molotov, Smirnov, Stalin, Uglanov; candidate members: Lepse, V.Mikhaylov, Ukhanov, Chaplin, Shmidt |
9 Apr 1926 | Yevdokimov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Shvernik elected full member |
16 Apr 1927 | Shvernik and Kviring relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; Kubyak, Sulimov and Rukhimovich elected full members, Lobov elected candidate member |
19 Dec 1927 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Andreyev, Artyuhina, Bubnov, Dogadov, Kosior, Kubyak, Molotov, Moskvin, Rukhimovich, Smirnov, Stalin, Sulimov, Uglanov; candidate members: Kotov, Lepse (died 6 Oct 1929), Lobov, V.Mikhaylov, Ukhanov, Chaplin, Shmidt |
11 Apr 1928 | Andreyev relieved of duties at the joint plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission; Bauman elected full member, Antipov elected candidate member |
12 Jul 1928 | Kosior relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum; L.Kaganovich elected full member |
29 Apr 1929 | Uglanov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
17 Nov 1929 | Gamarnik elected full member at the Central Committee plenum; Shvernik elected candidate member |
13 Jul 1930 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Akulov, Bauman, Bubnov, Gamarnik, L.Kaganovich, Lobov, Molotov, Moskvin, Postyshev, Stalin, Shvernik; candidate members: Dogadov, Kosarev, Smirnov, Tsikhon |
21 Dec 1930 | Molotov relieved of duties at the joint plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission |
2 Oct 1932 | Akulov, Bauman and Dogadov relieved of duties at the Central Committee plenum |
12 Jan 1933 | Smirnov relieved of duties at the joint plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission |
10 Feb 1934 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Gamarnik (committed suicide 31 May 1937), Yezhov, Zhdanov, L.Kaganovich, Kirov (assassinated 1 Dec 1934), Kosarev (arrested 29 Nov 1938, executed 23 Feb 1939), Kuibyshev (died 25 Jan 1935), Stalin, Stetsky (arrested Apr 1938, executed 1 Aug 1938), Shvernik; candidate members: M.Kaganovich, Krinitsky (executed 30 Oct 1937) |
10 Mar 1935 | Andreyev approved full member by questionnaire[clarification needed] |
14 Jan 1938 | Mekhlis elected full member at the Central Committee plenum |
22 Mar 1939 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Andreyev, Zhdanov, L.Kaganovich, Malenkov, Mekhlis, N.Mikhaylov, Stalin, Shvernik, Shcherbakov (died 10 May 1945) |
18 Mar 1946 | Orgburo elected by the Central Committee: Aleksandrov, Andrianov, Bulganin, Zhdanov (died 31 Aug 1948), A.Kuznetsov, V.Kuznetsov, Malenkov, Mekhlis, N.Mikhaylov, Patolichev, Popov, Rodionov, Stalin, Suslov, Shatalin |
24 May 1947 | Patolichev relieved of duties by questionnaire |
7 Mar 1949 | A.Kuznetsov and Rodionov relieved of duties by questionnaire |
10 Mar 1949 | Chernousov approved full member by questionnaire |
Oct 1952 | Orgburo abolished at the CPSU 19th Party Congress and duties transferred to Secretariat |