Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

(Redirected from 21st Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union)

20th Presidium
19th Presidium ← → 22nd Presidium
Duration	27 February 1956 – 31 October 1961

The Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was in session from 1956 to 1961.

Composition

Members

Members of the Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Name	Cyrillic	19th PRE	22nd PRE	Birth	Death	PM	Ethnicity	Gender
Averky Aristov	Аверкий Аристов	New	Not	1903	1973	1921	Belarusian	Male
Nikolai Belyaev	Никола́й Беля́ев	New	Relieved	1903	1966	1925	Russian	Male
Leonid Brezhnev	Леонид Брежнев	Promoted	Reelected	1906	1982	1931	Russian	Male
Nikolai Bulganin	Николай Булганин	Old	Relieved	1895	1975	1917	Russian	Male
Yekaterina Furtseva	Екатерина Фурцева	Promoted	Not	1910	1974	1930	Russian	Female
Nikolai Ignatov	Никола́й Игна́тов	New	Not	1901	1966	1924	Russian	Male
Lazar Kaganovich	Лазарь Каганович	Old	Relieved	1893	1991	1911	Ukrainian Jew	Male
Nikita Khrushchev	Никита Хрущёв	Old	Reelected	1894	1971	1918	Russian	Male
Aleksey Kirichenko	Алексе́й Кириче́нко	Old	Relieved	1908	1975	1930	Ukrainian	Male
Alexei Kosygin	Алексей Косыгин	Promoted	Reelected	1904	1980	1927	Russian	Male
Frol Kozlov	Фрол Козлов	Promoted	Reelected	1908	1965	1926	Russian	Male
Otto Kuusinen	Отто Куусинен	Old	Reelected	1881	1964	1918	Finn	Male
Georgy Malenkov	Георгий Маленков	Old	Relieved	1902	1988	1920	Russian	Male
Anastas Mikoyan	Василий Мжаванадзе	Old	Reelected	1895	1978	1915	Armenian	Male
Vyacheslav Molotov	Вячеслав Молотов	Old	Relieved	1890	1986	1906	Russian	Male
Nuritdin Mukhitdinov	Нуритди́н Мухитди́нов	Old	Not	1917	2008	1942	Uzbek	Male
Mikhail Pervukhin	Михаил Первухин	Old	Demoted	1904	1978	1919	Russian	Male
Nikolai Podgorny	Никола́й Подго́рный	Promoted	Reelected	1903	1983	1930	Ukrainian	Male
Dmitry Polyansky	Дми́трий Поля́нский	Promoted	Reelected	1917	2001	1939	Ukrainian	Male
Maksim Saburov	Макси́м Сабу́ров	Old	Relieved	1900	1977	1920	Russian	Male
Nikolai Shvernik	Никола́й Шве́рник	Promoted	Reelected	1888	1970	1905	Russian	Male
Mikhail Suslov	Михаил Суслов	Old	Reelected	1902	1982	1921	Russian	Male
Kliment Voroshilov	Климент Ворошилов	Old	Relieved	1881	1969	1903	Russian	Male
Georgy Zhukov	Георгий Жуков	Promoted	Relieved	1896	1974	1919	Russian	Male

Candidates

Candidate Members of the Presidium of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Name	Cyrillic	19th PRE	22nd PRE	Birth	Death	PM	Ethnicity	Gender
Leonid Brezhnev	Леонид Брежнев	New	Promoted	1906	1982	1931	Russian	Male
Yekaterina Furtseva	Екатерина Фурцева	New	Promoted	1910	1974	1930	Russian	Female
Viktor Grishin	Ви́ктор Гри́шин	By-election	Candidate	1914	1992	1939	Russian	Male
Jānis Kalnbērziņš	Ян Калнбе́рзинь	By-election	Not	1893	1986	1917	Latvian	Male
Andrei Kirilenko	Андре́й Кириле́нко	By-election	Not	1906	1990	1930	Ukrainian	Male
Demyan Korotchenko	Демьян Коротченко	By-election	Not	1894	1969	1918	Ukrainian	Male
Alexei Kosygin	Алексей Косыгин	New	Promoted	1904	1980	1927	Russian	Male
Frol Kozlov	Фрол Козлов	By-election	Promoted	1908	1965	1926	Russian	Male
Kirill Mazurov	Кири́лл Ма́зуров	By-election	Candidate	1914	1989	1940	Belarusian	Male
Nuritdin Mukhitdinov	Нуритди́н Мухитди́нов	New	Promoted	1917	2008	1942	Uzbek	Male
Vasil Mzhavanadze	Василий Мжаванадзе	By-election	Candidate	1902	1988	1927	Georgian	Male
Mikhail Pervukhin	Михаил Первухин	Demoted	Not	1904	1978	1919	Russian	Male
Nikolai Podgorny	Никола́й Подго́рный	By-election	Promoted	1903	1983	1930	Ukrainian	Male
Dmitry Polyansky	Дми́трий Поля́нский	By-election	Promoted	1917	2001	1939	Ukrainian	Male
Pyotr Pospelov	Пётр Поспелов	By-election	Not	1898	1979	1916	Russian	Male
Dmitri Shepilov	Дми́трий Шепи́лов	New	Not	1905	1995	1926	Russian	Male
Nikolai Shvernik	Никола́й Шве́рник	Candidate	Promoted	1888	1970	1905	Russian	Male
Gennady Voronov	Геннадий Воронов	By-election	Member	1910	1994	1931	Russian	Male
Georgy Zhukov	Георгий Жуков	New	Promoted	1896	1974	1919	Russian	Male

References

^ "Узкий состав ЦК РСДРП(б) - Политическое бюро ЦК РСДРП(б) - Бюро ЦК РСДРП(б) - РКП(б) - Политическое бюро ЦК РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - Президиум - Политическое бюро ЦК КПСС" [Narrow composition of the Central Committee of the RSDLP(b) - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) - Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) - RCP (b) - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) - CPSU (b) - Presidium - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU]. Knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Central Committee

Leaders	Vladimir Lenin (1912–24) Joseph Stalin (1924–53) Nikita Khrushchev (1953–64) Leonid Brezhnev (1964–82) Yuri Andropov (1982–84) Konstantin Chernenko (1984–85) Mikhail Gorbachev (1985–91)
General Secretaries	Elena Stasova (1917–18) Yakov Sverdlov (1918–19) Elena Stasova (Mar.–Dec. 1919) Nikolay Krestinsky (1919–21) Vyacheslav Molotov (1921–22) Joseph Stalin (1922–52) Nikita Khrushchev (1953–64) Leonid Brezhnev (1964–82) Yuri Andropov (1982–84) Konstantin Chernenko (1984–85) Mikhail Gorbachev (1985–91) Vladimir Ivashko (acting, Aug. 1991)
Decision-making bodies	Politburo / Presidium Secretariat Orgburo Control Commission
Departments	Administrative Organs Agriculture Chemical Industry Construction Culture Defence Industry Foreign Cadres General Heavy Industry Information International Light- and Food Industry Machine Industry Organisational-party Work Planning and Financial Organs Political Administration of the Armed Forces Propaganda Science and Education Trade and Consumers' Services Transportation-Communications Women
Publications	Pravda Bolshevik / Kommunist

National meetings

Congress	1st (1898) 2nd (1903) 3rd (1905) 4th (1906) 5th (1907) 6th (1917) 7th (1918) 8th (1919) 9th (1920) 10th (1921) 11th (1922) 12th (1923) 13th (1924) 14th (1925) 15th (1927) 16th (1930) 17th (1934) 18th (1939) 19th (1952) 20th (1956) 21st (1959) 22nd (1961) 23rd (1966) 24th (1971) 25th (1976) 26th (1981) 27th (1986) 28th (1990)
Conference	1st (1905) 2nd (1906) 3rd (Aug. 1907) 4th (Nov. 1907) 5th (1908) 6th (1912) 7th (1917) 8th (1919) 9th (1920) 10th (May 1921) 11th (Dec. 1921) 12th (1922) 13th (1924) 14th (1925) 15th (1926) 16th (1929) 17th (1932) 18th (1941) 19th (1988)

Leadership sittings

Elected by the
Central Committee

Politburo	Aug.–Oct. 1917 Oct.–Dec. 1917 6th (1917–18) 7th (1918–19) 8th (1919–20) 9th (1920–21) 10th (1921–22) 11th (1922–23) 12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1925–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th (1956–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90) 28th (1990–91)
Secretariat	6th (1917–18) 7th (1918–19) 8th (1919–20) 9th (1920–21) 10th (1921–22) 11th (1922–23) 12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1925–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th (1956–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90) 28th (1990–91)
Orgburo	7th (Jan.–Mar. 1919) 8th (1919–20) 9th (1920–21) 10th (1921–22) 11th (1922–23) 12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1925–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52)
Control Committee	17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th (1956–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90)

Elected by the Central
Control Commission

Presidium	12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1925–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 28th (1990–91)
Secretariat	12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1925–27)
Collegium	12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1925–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34)

Elected by
Congress

Central Committee	1st (1898–1903) 2nd (1903–05) 3rd (Apr.–Dec. 1905) CC of the 1st Conf. (1905–06) 4th (1906–07) 5th (1907–12) CC of the 6th Conf. (1912–17) CC of the 7th Conf. (Apr.–Aug. 1917) 6th (1917–18) 7th (1918–19) 8th (1919–20) 9th (1920–21) 10th (1921–22) 11th (1922–23) 12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1925–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th (1956–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90) 28th (1990–91)
Auditing Commission	8th (1919–21) 10th (1921–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1925–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 17th (1934–39) 18th (1939–52) 19th (1952–56) 20th (1956–61) 22nd (1961–66) 23rd (1966–71) 24th (1971–76) 25th (1976–81) 26th (1981–86) 27th (1986–90)
Control Commission	9th (1920–21) 10th (1921–22) 11th (1922–23) 12th (1923–24) 13th (1924–25) 14th (1925–27) 15th (1927–30) 16th (1930–34) 28th (1990–91)

Wider organisation

Republican-level	Armenian Azerbaijani Byelorussian Bukharan Estonian Georgian Karelo-Finnish Kazakh Khorezmi Kirghiz Latvian Lithuanian Moldavian Russian SFSR Tajik Transcaucasian Turkestani Turkmen Ukrainian Uzbek

Local-level	Obkom Okrugkom Gorkom Raikom Partkom

Other organs	Statute All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (Komsomol) Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Soviet Navy

Groupings

Ban on factions
Group of Democratic Centralism (1919–21)
Workers' Opposition (1920–21)
Workers' Truth (1921–23)
Left Opposition (1923–27)
Workers' Group (1923–30)
Right Opposition (1924–33)
United Opposition (1926–27)
Left-Right Bloc (1930)
Union of Marxist-Leninists (1932)
Bloc of Soviet Oppositions (1932–33)
Anti-Party Group (1957)
Soyuz (1990–91)
State Committee on the State of Emergency (1991)