All Topics  
Orgburo

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Orgburo
 
 
  Topics Orgburo Topic Home

The Organizational Bureau (Orgburo) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union existed from 1919 to 1952, until the 19th Congress, when the Orgburo was abolished and its functions were transferred to the enlarged Secretariat
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee

The Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee was a key body within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was responsible for the central administration of the party as opposed to drafting government policy which was usually handled by the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
.

uro was created to make important decisions about organizational work in the USSR. The Orgburo oversaw the work of local party committees and had the power to select and place Communist members in the positions that they saw fit.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Orgburo'
Start a new discussion about 'Orgburo'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


The Organizational Bureau (Orgburo) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union existed from 1919 to 1952, until the 19th Congress, when the Orgburo was abolished and its functions were transferred to the enlarged Secretariat
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee

The Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee was a key body within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was responsible for the central administration of the party as opposed to drafting government policy which was usually handled by the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
.

Role of Orgburo

Orgburo was created to make important decisions about organizational work in the USSR. The Orgburo oversaw the work of local party committees and had the power to select and place Communist members in the positions that they saw fit. The functions of the Orgburo and the 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....
 were often interconnected, but the Politburo was ultimately the final decision-maker. While the Politburo was mostly concerned with strategic planning and monitoring of the people and status of the USSR, the Orgburo helped improve the nation by proper distribution of party forces.

Election and Power of Officials

The Orgburo was elected in the same manner as the Politburo and the Secretariat by the plenums of the Central Committee. One of the Central Committee secretaries supervised the work of the Orgburo. The first Orgburo of three members (Vladimirsky
Vladimirsky

Vladimirsky , Vladimirskaya , or Vladimirskoye may refer to:People*Boris Vladimirski , Soviet painter*Mikhail Vladimirsky , Soviet politician...
, Krestinsky and Sverdlov
Yakov Sverdlov

Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov ; known under pseudonyms "Andrei", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov" – March 16 1919) was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of the RSFSR....
) was elected on January 16 1919, at the Central Committee meeting. The 8th party congress (March 8 1919 - March 23, 1919) amended the party charter and set up provisions for election of the Politburo, the Orgburo and the Secretariat. The Central Committee plenum elected the new Orgburo of five members and of one candidate member on March 25, 1919. Some key Communist politicians such as Stalin, Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov , Soviet Union politician and diplomacy, was a leading figure in the Government of the Soviet Union from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a prot?g? of Joseph Stalin, to 1957, when he was dismissed from Presidium of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev....
, Kaganovich and others were both members of the Orgburo and of the Politburo, but most of the Orgburo members were less important figures than those elected to the Politburo and the Secretariat
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee

The Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee was a key body within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was responsible for the central administration of the party as opposed to drafting government policy which was usually handled by the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
.

Related Information

  • 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....


  • Comintern
    Comintern

    The 'Comintern' was an international Communism organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The International intended to fight "by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the complete abolition of the Sta...