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The Congress of the CPSU (Russian: ????? ????) was the gathering of the delegates of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest Communist Party in the world....
 and its predecessors. During the history, the name was changed according to the then current name of the party. The frequency of party congresses also varied with the meetings being annual events in the 1920s while no Congress was held at all between 1939 to 1952. After the death of Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953....
 the Congresses were held every five years.

The First Congress of RSDLP
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, or RSDLP , also known as the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party and the Russian Social-Democratic Party, was a revolutionary socialist Russian political party formed in 1898 in Minsk to unite the various revolutionary organizations into one party....
, was held in 1898, Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
, Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
 of Imperial Russia.

The Second Congress, 1903, Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, resulted into the party's split into Bolshevik
Bolshevik

Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists were a faction of the Marxism Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP in 1903 and ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
 and Menshevik
Menshevik

The Mensheviks were a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement that emerged in 1903 after a dispute between Vladimir Lenin and Julius Martov, both members of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party....
 factions which eventually became parties in their own right.

Theoretically, the Congress was the supreme ruling body of the entire Party. Between the congresses the party was ruled by the Central Committee, abbreviated as ??, "Tseka".

See also: Organization of the Communist Party of the USSR
Organization of the Communist Party of the USSR

The organization of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was based on the principles of democratic centralism.The governing body of the CPSU was the Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which initially met annually but whose meetings became less frequent, particularly under Stalin....


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1st Congress of the RSDLP

The 1st Congress of the RSDLP was held between March 14?March 16 1898 in Minsk, Russian Empire in secrecy in a private house on the outskirts of Minsk ....
 		 1-3 [14-16] Mar 1898 Minsk, Russian Empire RDSLP founding conference
2
2nd Congress of the RSDLP

The 2nd Congress of the RSDLP was held during July 30?August 23 1903, starting in Brussels, Belgium and ending in London, because Belgian police forced the delegates to leave the country....
 		 17 [30] Jul - 10 [23] Aug 1903 Brussels, Belgium and London, UK RDSLP splits into Bolshevik
Bolshevik

Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists were a faction of the Marxism Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP in 1903 and ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
 and Menshevik
Menshevik

The Mensheviks were a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement that emerged in 1903 after a dispute between Vladimir Lenin and Julius Martov, both members of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party....
 factions.






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The Congress of the CPSU (Russian: ????? ????) was the gathering of the delegates of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest Communist Party in the world....
 and its predecessors. During the history, the name was changed according to the then current name of the party. The frequency of party congresses also varied with the meetings being annual events in the 1920s while no Congress was held at all between 1939 to 1952. After the death of Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953....
 the Congresses were held every five years.

The First Congress of RSDLP
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, or RSDLP , also known as the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party and the Russian Social-Democratic Party, was a revolutionary socialist Russian political party formed in 1898 in Minsk to unite the various revolutionary organizations into one party....
, was held in 1898, Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
, Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
 of Imperial Russia.

The Second Congress, 1903, Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, resulted into the party's split into Bolshevik
Bolshevik

Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists were a faction of the Marxism Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP in 1903 and ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
 and Menshevik
Menshevik

The Mensheviks were a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement that emerged in 1903 after a dispute between Vladimir Lenin and Julius Martov, both members of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party....
 factions which eventually became parties in their own right.

Theoretically, the Congress was the supreme ruling body of the entire Party. Between the congresses the party was ruled by the Central Committee, abbreviated as ??, "Tseka".

See also: Organization of the Communist Party of the USSR
Organization of the Communist Party of the USSR

The organization of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was based on the principles of democratic centralism.The governing body of the CPSU was the Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which initially met annually but whose meetings became less frequent, particularly under Stalin....


List of Party Congresses

Number Dates Place Comments
1
1st Congress of the RSDLP

The 1st Congress of the RSDLP was held between March 14?March 16 1898 in Minsk, Russian Empire in secrecy in a private house on the outskirts of Minsk ....
 		 1-3 [14-16] Mar 1898 Minsk, Russian Empire RDSLP founding conference
2
2nd Congress of the RSDLP

The 2nd Congress of the RSDLP was held during July 30?August 23 1903, starting in Brussels, Belgium and ending in London, because Belgian police forced the delegates to leave the country....
 		 17 [30] Jul - 10 [23] Aug 1903 Brussels, Belgium and London, UK RDSLP splits into Bolshevik
Bolshevik

Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists were a faction of the Marxism Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP in 1903 and ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
 and Menshevik
Menshevik

The Mensheviks were a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement that emerged in 1903 after a dispute between Vladimir Lenin and Julius Martov, both members of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party....
 factions. First Program of Bolshevik Party (1st Party Program).
3 12-27 April [25 Apr - 10 May] 1905 London, UKBolsheviks only
4 ("Unification") 10-25 April [23 Apr - 8 May] 1906 Stockholm, Sweden Bolsheviks and Mensheviks re-unite in the same party, but keep their factions
5 ("London") 30 April - 19 May [13 May - 1 June] 1907 London, UK Bolsheviks and Mensheviks together
6 26 July - 3 August [8-16 August] 1917 Petrograd, Russian Republic Held semi-legally in between revolutions, Bolsheviks merge with the Mezhraiontsy
Mezhraiontsy

Mezhraiontsy or Mezhraionka , usually translated as the interdistrictites , officially RSDRP and often known as the Menshevik Internationalists, was a small Petrograd-based group within the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, which existed between 1913 and 1917....
, final break with the Mensheviks
7 (Extraordinary) 6-8 March 1918 Moscow, Russian SFSR Party becomes Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
8 18-23 March 1919 Moscow, Russian SFSR New (2nd) Party Program adopted by Congress.
9 29 March - 5 April 1920 Moscow, Russian SFSR  
10
10th Congress of the RCP(b)

The 10th Congress of the RCP was held during March 8-16, 1921 in Moscow. Major points discussed included:*Internal party factions banned in a secret resolution....
 		 8-16 March 1921 Moscow, Russian SFSR Internal party factions banned in a secret resolution
11
11th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (b)

The 11th Congress of the RCP was held during 27 March - 2 April 1922 in Moscow. ...
 		 27 March - 2 April 1922 Moscow, Russian SFSR  
12 17-25 April 1923 Moscow, USSR  
13
13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (b)

The 13th Congress of the RCP was held during 23-31 May 1924 in Moscow. This congress was the first to take place after the death of Lenin, and represents a transition between the Lenin and Stalin regimes....
 		 23-31 May 1924 Moscow, USSR First Congress since Lenin's death
14 18-31 December 1925 Moscow, USSR Party becomes All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
15 2-19 December 1927 Moscow, USSR Stalin's power consolidated, Trotskyists expelled
16 26 June - 13 July 1930 Moscow, USSR  
17 26 January - 10 February 1934 Moscow, USSR Vote for Politburo
Politburo

Politburo, short for Political Bureau, Russian language Politicheskoye Buro, is the executive organization for a number of political parties, most notably those of Communist Party....
 shows Kirov most popular member, Stalin least popular. Hailed as the "Congress of Victors."
18 10-21 March 1939 Moscow, USSR First congress after Great Purge
Great Purge

Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin in 1936-1938. Also described as a "Soviet holocaust" by several authors, it involved the purge of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, repression of kulaks, Red Army leadership, and the persecution of unaffiliat...
.
19 5-14 October 1952 Moscow, USSR Party becomes Communist Party of the Soviet Union - Stalin's last Congress
20
20th Congress of the CPSU

The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held during February 14 February 26 1956. It is known especially for Nikita Khrushchev's "On the Personality Cult and its Consequences", which denounced the personality cult and dictatorship of Joseph Stalin....
 		 14-25 February 1956 Moscow, USSR Khrushchev's Secret Speech denouncing Stalin
21 (Extraordinary) 27 January - 5 February 1959 Moscow, USSR "Extraordinary" Congress timed so that Khrushchev could try to consolidate his power over rivals.
22
22nd Congress of the CPSU

The 22nd Congress of the Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held from October 17 to October 31, 1961. In fourteen days of sessions , 4,413 delegates, in addition to delegates from 83 foreign Communist parties, listened to Khrushchev and others review policy issues....
 		 17-31 October 1961 Moscow, USSR New (3rd) Party Program adopted.
23 29 March - 8 April 1966 Moscow, USSR Brezhnev's first Congress as General Secretary.
24
24th Congress of the CPSU

The 24th congress of the communist party of the USSR held for ten days starting March 30 1971, turned out to be Brezhnev's show. This was not unexpected....
 		 30 March - 9 April 1971 Moscow, USSR  
25
25th Congress of the CPSU

The 25th congress of the Communist party of the USSR met in Moscow from February 24 to March 5 1976. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the party Brezhnev greeted 4,998 Soviet delegates and representatives from 96 foreign countries....
 		 24 February - 5 March 1976 Moscow, USSR  
26
26th Congress of the CPSU

The 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union opened on February 23, 1981 with a five-hour address by the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the party and the chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet Leonid Brezhnev....
 		 23 February - 3 March 1981 Moscow, USSR Brezhnev's last congress.
27 25 February - 6 March 1986 Moscow, USSR Gorbachev presides. Revised (4th) Party Program. Glasnost
Glasnost

was the policy of maximal publicity, openness, and transparency in the activities of all government institutions in the Soviet Union, together with freedom of information, introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the second half of 1980s....
 and perestroika
Perestroika

is the Russian language term for the political and economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Its literal meaning is "restructuring", referring to the restructuring of the Soviet economy....
 not yet announced.
28
28th Congress of the CPSU

28th Congress of the CPSU was held in Moscow. It was held a year ahead of the traditional schedule and turned out to be the last CPSU congress in the history of the party....
 		 2-13 July 1990 Moscow, USSR Party Statute formalizes the end to monopoly on power