The 9th Congress of the Russian Communist Party took place from 29 March 1920 till 5 April 1920. The Congress opened in the Bolshoi Theatre

Bolshoi Theatre

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 with an introductory speech by Lenin. The following meetings of the Congress took place in one of the buildings of the Kremlin

Kremlin

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. Present at the Congress were 715 delegates, of whom 553 had the right to vote and 162 were delegates with voice but no vote.

Agenda

The agenda included:

• The report of the Central Committee;
• A report on the immediate tasks of economic construction;
• A report on the trade union movement;
• A report on organizational questions;
• A report on the tasks of the Communist International;
• The subject of cooperatives;
• The transition to a militia system;
• The final item on the agenda was elections to the Central Committee of the party.

External links

• V. I. Lenin's speeches on the Ninth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.), Collected Works, 4th English Edition, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1965, Volume 30, pages 439-490
• Ninth Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik) The Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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  , 3rd Edition (1970-1979).