19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The mandate of delegate the all-Union (19) XIX Congress of the CPSU

Members of the Presidium of the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Nineteenth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held from October 5–14, 1952. It was the last congress of Joseph Stalin's regime and the first to take place since before World War II. It was attended by many foreign dignitaries, including Mao Zedong.

Changes

• The All-Union Communist Party was renamed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

• The office of General Secretary–occupied by Joseph Stalin since 3 April 1922–was formally abolished, though Stalin maintained de facto control of the Party. In September 1953 the office was reintroduced as First Secretary.

• The Politburo of the Central Committee became the Presidium of the Central Committee and was greatly expanded (to 15 members) in preparation for the purge scheduled the next year. The Secretariat and Central Committee were doubled in size (to ten and 133 members, respectively). The Orgburo was abolished, and its duties were transferred to the Secretariat.

• Full members (voting) elected to the Presidium:

Andrianov; Averky Aristov; Lavrentiy Beria; Nikolai Bulganin; Kliment Voroshilov; Semyon Ignatyev; Lazar Kaganovich; Demian S. Korotchenko; Vasily Kuznetsov; Otto Kuusinen; Georgy Malenkov; Vyacheslav Malyshev; Leonid G. Melnikov; Anastas Mikoyan; Mikhaylov; Vyacheslav Molotov; Mikhail Pervukhin; Panteleimon Ponomarenko; Maksim Saburov; Joseph Stalin; Mikhail Suslov; Nikita Khrushchev; Chesnokov; Nikolay Shvernik; Shkiryatov

• Candidate (non-voting) members elected to the Presidium:
  

Leonid Brezhnev; Andrei Vyshinsky; Arseni Zverev; Nikolai Ignatov; Kabanov; Alexei Kosygin; Nikolai Patolichev; Pegov; Alexander Puzanov; Vladimir Konstantinov; Ivan Tevosian; Yudin

An unofficial "inner circle" of Stalin's closest associates included Lavrentiy Beria, Nikolai Bulganin, Kliment Voroshilov, Lazar Kaganovich, Georgy Malenkov, Mikhail Pervukhn, Maksim Saburov, and Nikita Khrushchev

Stalin made his last speech at this Congress. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqyRoke3TAI

See also

• Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

References

External links

• On changes in the rules of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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