Central Committee of the Komsomol

The Central Committee of the Komsomol (Russian: Центральный комитет ВЛКСМ, Tsentral'niy komitet VLKSM) was the executive leadership of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, commonly known as the Komsomol. According to the Komsomol Charter adopted at the 14th Congress of the Komsomol (1962), the Central Committee "directs the entire work of the Komsomol, local Komsomol bodies, represents the Komsomol in state and public institutions and organizations, approves the editorial board of the central body - "Komsomolskaya Pravda" and other editorial offices, distributes the Komsomol budget and monitors its implementation."[1] The Central Committee of the Komsomol was dissolved on September 28, 1991 along with the Komsomol organization itself.

Central Committee of the Komsomol
Центральный комитет ВЛКСМ
Emblem of the Komsomol
Information
First SecretaryYefim Tsetlin (first)
Vladimir Zyukin (last)
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Organization

The Central Committee was elected at Komsomol congresses by secret ballot. The Central Committee consisted of full members who could cast a vote and candidate members who had an advisory vote during plenary sessions. The Central Committee of the Komsomol elected the First Secretary of the Central Committee (de facto leader of the Komsomol), the Bureau, and the Sectretariat.[2]

Congresses

During its 73-year history, the Central Committee of the Komsomol held a total of 22 congresses. Initially, congresses were held every year but after 1922 they were held less frequently.

20th Congress of the Komsomol (1987)
Congress Dates Held Resolution(s)
Congresses of the Central Committee of the Komsomol
1st Congress 29 October - 4 November

1918

 The unification of youth communist organizations into a centralized single organization. Creation of Komsomol.
2nd Congress 5 October - 8 October

1919

 Creation of the Young Communist International in order to appeal to the young international proletariat.
3rd Congress 2 October - 10 October

1920

 The tasks of socialist construction and communist education of youth, the restoration of the national economy destroyed during the war years are defined. A new edition of the charter of the Komsomol was adopted.
4th Congress 21 September - 28 September

1921

 A new edition of the charter of the Komsomol was adopted.
5th Congress 11 October - 17 October

1922
6th Congress 12 July - 18 July

1924

 Name changed in Russian from RKSM to RLKSM.
7th Congress 11 March - 22 March

1926

 Support for party line for the fight against Trotskyism.
8th Congress 5 May - 16 May

1928
9th Congress 16 January - 26 January

1931
10th Congress 11 April - 21 April

1936

 A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.
11th Congress 29 March - 7 April

1949
12th Congress 19 March - 27 March

1954

 A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.
13th Congress 15 April - 18 April

1958

 Announcement of the Abakan-Taishet Railway shock construction project.[3]
14th Congress 16 April - 20 April

1962

 A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.
15th Congress 17 May - 21 May

1966
16th Congress 26 May - 30 May

1970
17th Congress 23 April - 27 April

1974

 Announcement of the Baikal-Amur Railway shock construction project
18th Congress 25 April - 28 April

1978
19th Congress 18 May - 21 May

1982

 The Youth Residential Complex project program was adopted.
20th Congress 15 April - 18 April

1987

 A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.
21st Congress 11 April - 18 April

1990

 A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.
22nd Congress 27 September - 28 September

1991

 The Komsomol was officially dissolved.

First Secretaries of the Komsomol
No. Picture Name

(Birth–Death)

 Took office Left office Political party
First Secretaries of the Komsomol
1 Yefim Tsetlin

(1898-1937)

 4 November 1918 17 July 1919 Bolshevik Party

(RCP(b))

2 Oscar Ryvkin

(1899-1937)

 17 July 1919 10 October 1920 Bolshevik Party

(RCP(b))

3 Lazar Shatskin

(1902-1937)

 10 October 1920 28 September 1921 Bolshevik Party

(RCP(b))

4 Pyotr Smorodin

(1897-1939)

 28 September 1921 18 July 1924 Bolshevik Party

(RCP(b))

5 Nikolai Chaplin

(1902-1938)

 18 July 1924 16 May 1928 VKP(b)
6 Alexander Milchakov

(1903-1973)

 17 May 1928 24 March 1929 VKP(b)
7 Aleksandr Kosarev

(1903-1939)

 24 March 1929 23 November 1938 VKP(b)
8 Nikolai Mikhailov

(1906-1982)

 23 November 1938 30 October 1952 CPSU
9 Alexander Shelepin

(1918-1994)

 30 October 1952 18 April 1958 CPSU
10 Vladimir Semichastny

(1924-2001)

 18 April 1958 25 March 1959 CPSU
11 Sergey Pavlov

(1929-1993)

 25 March 1959 12 June 1968 CPSU
12 Yevgeny Tyazhelnikov

(born 1928)

 12 June 1968 27 May 1977 CPSU
13 Boris Pastukhov

(born 1933)

 27 May 1977 6 December 1982 CPSU
14 Viktor Mishin

(born 1943)

 6 December 1982 19 July 1986 CPSU
15 Viktor Mironenko

(born 1953)

 19 July 1986 18 April 1990 CPSU
16 Vladimir Zyukin

(born 1954)

 18 April 1990 27 September 1991 CPSU

See also

References
  1. "Устав ВЛКСМ (1989 г.)". nksmrf.ru. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. Мирошин, Борис (2019-01-16). Мой адрес – Советский Союз. Том 3. Часть 3 (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-150663-6.
  3. "Дневник погибшей экспедиции помог построить дорогу Абакан-Тайшет". Российская газета (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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