Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1966 until 1971. There were 195 regular members chosen, an increase from the 175 selected in 1961; of the 195 members, 51 were newcomers, and 144 were incumbents; another 31 had died or resigned since the 1961 election.Archie Brown, Political Leadership in the Soviet Union (Springer, 1989) p116 Another 145 candidate members, who could participate but could not vote on motions, were picked in addition to the voting regular members.

The Committee elected, at its 1st Plenary Session, the 23rd Politburo, the 23rd Secretariat and the 23rd Party Control Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Plenums The Central Committee was not a permanent institution. It convened plenary sessions. 16 CC plenary sessions were held between the 23rd Congress and the 24th Congress. When the CC was not in session, decision-making power was vested in the internal bodies of the CC itself; that is, the Politburo and the Secretariat. None of these bodies were permanent either; typically they convened several times a month.

+ Plenary sessions of the Central Committee Plenum Date Length 1st Plenary Session 8 April 1966 1 day 2nd Plenary Session 25–27 May 1966 3 days 3rd Plenary Session 1 August 1966 1 day 4th Plenary Session 12–13 December 1966 2 days 5th Plenary Session 20–21 June 1967 2 days 6th Plenary Session 26 September 1967 1 day 7th Plenary Session 9–10 April 1968 2 days 8th Plenary Session 17 July 1968 6 days 9th Plenary Session 30–31 October 1968 2 days 10th Plenary Session 9 December 1968 1 day 11th Plenary Session 26 June 1969 1 day 12th Plenary Session 15 December 1969 1 day 13th Plenary Session 2–3 July 1970 2 days 14th Plenary Session 13 July 1970 1 day 15th Plenary Session 7 December 1970 1 day 16th Plenary Session 22 March 1971 1 day

Composition Members +Members of the Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Name Cyrillic 22nd CC 24th CC Ethnicity Gender Петр Абрасимов 1912 2009 1940 Russian Male Серге́й Афана́сьев 1918 2001 1943 Russian Male Вели Ахундов 1916 1986 1939 Azerbaijani Male Анатолий Александров 1903 1994 1962 Ukrainian Male Юрий Андропов 1914 1984 1939 Russian Male Сергей Антонов 1914 2000 1948 Russian Male Аверкий Аристов 1903 1973 1921 Russian Male Асанбай Аскаров 1922 2001 1944 Kazakh Male Иван Баграмян 1897 1982 1941 Armenian Male Николай Байбаков 1911 2008 1939 Russian Male Никола́й Ба́нников 1914 2004 1937 Russian Male Александр Басов 1912 1988 1945 Russian Male Па́вел Бати́цкий 1910 1984 1938 Ukrainian Male Афанасий Белобородов 1903 1990 1926 Russian Male Иван Бенедиктов 1902 1983 1930 Russian Male Борис Бещев 1903 1981 1927 Russian Male Масымхан Бейсебаев 1908 1987 1932 Kazakh Male Иван Бодюл 1918 2013 1940 Ukrainian Male Андрей Бородин 1912 1984 1941 Russian Male Павел Бородин 1911 1998 1932 Russian Male Леонид Брежнев 1906 1982 1931 Russian Male Бутома Евстафьевич 1907 1976 1928 Ukrainian Male Василий Чернышёв 1908 1969 1928 Russian Male Степан Червоненко 1915 2003 1940 Ukrainian Male Васи́лий Чуйко́в 1900 1982 1919 Russian Male Виктор Чураев 1903 1982 1929 Russian Male Абдурахман Даниялов 1908 1981 1928 Avar Male Владимир Дегтярёв 1920 1993 1945 Russian Male Pyotr Dementev 1907 1977 1938 Russian Male Пётр Де́мичев 1917 2010 1939 Russian Male Вениамин Дымшиц 1910 1993 1937 Ukrainian Male Петр Федосеев 1908 1990 1939 Russian Male Леонид Флорентьев 1911 2003 1939 Russian Male Екатерина Фурцева 1910 1974 1930 Russian Female Валентина Гаганова 1932 2010 1949 Russian Female Константин Галаншин 1912 2011 1944 Russian Male Василий Гарбузов 1911 1985 1939 Russian Male Александр Георгиев 1913 1976 1943 Ukrainian Male Серге́й Горшков 1910 1988 1942 Russian Male Фёдор Горячев 1905 1996 1927 Russian Male Андре́й Гре́чко 1903 1976 1928 Ukrainian Male Константин Гришин 1908 1973 1931 Russian Male Ви́ктор Гри́шин 1914 1992 1939 Russian Male Иван Гришманов 1906 1979 1936 Russian Male Андрей Громыко 1909 1989 1931 Belarusian Male Пётр Гру́шин 1906 1993 1931 Russian Male Иван Грушецкий 1904 1982 1928 Ukrainian Male Никола́й Игна́тов 1901 1966 1924 Russian Male Гиви Джавахишвили 1912 1985 1941 Georgian Male Йоха́ннес Кэ́бин 1905 1999 1927 Estonian Male Валерий Калмыков 1908 1974 1942 Russian Male Ян Калнбе́рзинь 1893 1986 1917 Latvian Male Иван Капитонов 1915 2002 1939 Russian Male Константин Катушев 1927 2010 1952 Russian Male Василий Кавун 1928 2009 1954 Ukrainian Male Иван Казанец 1918 2013 1944 Ukrainian Male Мстислав Келдыш 1911 1978 1949 Russian Male Владимир Холявко 1934 Alive 1957 Ukrainian Male Андре́й Кириле́нко 1906 1990 1930 Ukrainian Male Владимир Кириллин 1913 1999 1937 Russian Male Иван Киселёв 1917 2004 1944 Russian Male Ти́хон Киселёв 1917 1983 1940 Belarusian Male Василий Клименко 1906 1984 1929 Ukrainian Male Анто́н Кочиня́н 1913 1989 1931 Armenian Male Александр Кокарев 1909 1991 1938 Ukrainian Male Василь Комяхов 1911 1966 1941 Russian Male Иван Конев 1897 1973 1918 Russian Male Василий Конотоп 1916 1995 1944 Ukrainian Male Никола́й Конова́лов 1907 1993 1929 Russian Male Александр Корнейчук 1905 1972 1940 Ukrainian Male Демьян Коротченко 1894 1969 1918 Ukrainian Male Николай Корытков 1910 2000 1939 Russian Male Шапет Коспанов 1914 2006 1944 Kazakh Male Анатолий Костоусов 1906 1985 1925 Russian Male Алексей Косыгин 1904 1980 1927 Russian Male Александр Коваленко 1909 1987 1931 Ukrainian Male Павел Кованов 1907 1986 1940 Russian Male Евгений Кожевников 1905 1979 1942 Russian Male Василий Козлов 1903 1967 1927 Belarusian Male Михаил Крахмалёв 1914 1977 1939 Russian Male Никола́й Крыло́в 1903 1972 1927 Russian Male Фёдор Кулаков 1918 1978 1940 Russian Male Леонид Куличенко 1913 1990 1940 Russian Male Дінмұхаммед Қонаев 1912 1993 1939 Kazakh Male Рахманкул Курбанов 1912 2012 1940 Uzbek Male Василий Кузнецов 1901 1990 1927 Russian Male Михаил Лесечко 1909 1984 1940 Ukrainian Male Алекса́ндр Ляшко́ 1915 2002 1942 Ukrainian Male Евге́ний Ло́гинов 1907 1970 1939 Russian Male Пётр Лома́ко 1904 1990 1925 Russian Male Владимир Ломоносов 1928 1999 1950 Russian Male Иван Лутак 1919 2009 1940 Ukrainian Male Родио́н Малино́вский 1898 1967 1926 Ukrainian Male Сергей Манякин 1923 2010 1945 Russian Male Пётр Машеров 1918 1980 1943 Belarusian Male Владимир Мацкевич 1909 1998 1939 Ukrainian Male Кири́лл Ма́зуров 1914 1989 1940 Belarusian Male Николай Михайлов 1906 1982 1930 Russian Male Анастас Микоян 1895 1978 1915 Armenian Male Леонид Монашев 1914 1995 1939 Russian Male Кирилл Москаленко 1902 1985 1926 Ukrainian Male Василий Мжаванадзе 1902 1988 1927 Georgian Male Ядгар Насриддинова 1920 2006 1942 Uzbek Female Константин Николаев 1910 1972 1940 Russian Male Татьяна Николаева 1919 2022 1940 Russian Female Игнатий Новиков 1906 1993 1926 Ukrainian Male Владимир Новиков 1907 2000 1936 Russian Male Зия Нуриев 1915 2012 1939 Bashkir Male Николай Органов 1901 1982 1925 Russian Male Балыш Овезов 1915 1975 1939 Turkmen Male Николай Патоличев 1908 1989 1928 Russian Male Бори́с Пато́н 1918 2020 1952 Ukrainian Male Серге́й Па́влов 1929 1993 1954 Russian Male Влади́мир Па́влов 1923 1998 1948 Russian Male Георгий Павлов 1905 1991 1939 Ukrainian Male Ян Пейве 1906 1976 1940 Latvian Male А́рвид Пе́льше 1899 1983 1915 Latvian Male Никола́й Подго́рный 1903 1983 1930 Ukrainian Male Ivan Polyakov Ива́н Поляко́в 1914 2004 1949 Belarusian Male Дми́трий Поля́нский 1917 2001 1939 Ukrainian Male Борис Пономарёв 1905 1995 1919 Russian Male Георгий Попов 1912 1984 1942 Russian Male Нина Попова 1908 1994 1932 Russian Female Пётр Поспелов 1898 1979 1916 Russian Male Владимир Промыслов 1908 1993 1928 Russian Male Серге́й Притыцкий 1913 1971 1932 Belarusian Male Александр Пузанов 1906 1998 1925 Russian Male Константин Пысин 1910 1987 1925 Russian Male Шараф Рашидов 1917 1983 1939 Uzbek Male Джабар Расулов 1913 1982 1934 Tajik Male Никола́й Родио́нов 1915 1999 1944 Russian Male Григорий Романов 1923 2008 1944 Russian Male Алекса́ндр Рудако́в 1910 1966 1931 Russian Male Рома́н Руде́нко 1907 1981 1926 Russian Male Константин Руднев 1911 1980 1941 Russian Male Алексей Румянцев 1905 1993 1940 Russian Male Васи́лий Ря́биков 1907 1974 1925 Russian Male Влади́мир Семича́стный 1924 2001 1944 Russian Male Никола́й Щёлоков 1910 1984 1931 Russian Male Влади́мир Щерби́цкий 1918 1990 1948 Ukrainian Male Семён Щетинин 1910 1975 1932 Russian Male Алекса́ндр Шеле́пин 1918 1994 1940 Russian Male Петро Шелест 1908 1996 1928 Ukrainian Male Александр Шереметов 1925 2006 1952 Russian Male Владимир Шевченко 1918 1997 1940 Ukrainian Male Алексей Шибаев 1915 1991 1940 Russian Male Алексе́й Ши́тиков 1912 1993 1939 Russian Male Алексей Шко́льников 1914 2003 1940 Russian Male Алекса́ндр Шо́кин 1909 1988 1936 Russian Male Михаил Шолохов 1905 1984 1932 Russian Male Никола́й Шве́рник 1888 1970 1905 Russian Male Михаил Синица 1913 1985 1942 Ukrainian Male Анатолий Скочилов 1912 1977 1940 Russian Male Efim P. Slavsky Ефи́м Сла́вский 1898 1991 1918 Russian Male Леонид Смирнов 1916 2001 1943 Russian Male Антанас Снечкус 1903 1974 1920 Lithuanian Male Николай Со́боль 1910 1991 1939 Ukrainian Male Серге́й Соколо́в 1911 2012 1937 Russian Male Ти́хон Соколо́в 1913 1992 1941 Russian Male Михаи́л Соло́менцев 1913 2008 1940 Russian Male Ива́н Спиридо́нов 1905 1991 1928 Russian Male Влади́мир Степако́в 1912 1987 1937 Russian Male Алекса́ндр Стру́ев 1906 1991 1927 Ukrainian Male Фёдор Сурганов 1911 1976 1940 Belarusian Male Михаил Суслов 1902 1982 1921 Russian Male Фикрят Табеев 1928 2015 1957 Russian Male Николай Тихонов 1905 1997 1940 Russian Male Фёдор Титов 1910 1989 1930 Tatar Male Виталий Титов 1907 1980 1938 Ukrainian Male Алекса́ндр То́карев 1921 2004 1942 Russian Male Василий Толстиков 1917 2003 1948 Russian Male Сергей Трапезников 1912 1984 1931 Russian Male Дми́трий Усти́нов 1908 1984 1927 Russian Male Турдакун Усубалиев 1919 2015 1945 Kyrghyz Male Павел Бородин 1916 2011 1942 Russian Male Алексе́й Ва́тченко 1914 1984 1940 Ukrainian Male Константин Вершинин 1900 1973 1919 Russian Male Александр Волков 1910 1990 1931 Russian Male Феодо́сий Во́ронов 1904 1975 1927 Russian Male Геннадий Воронов 1910 1994 1931 Russian Male Климент Ворошилов 1881 1969 1903 Russian Male Ива́н Якубо́вский 1912 1976 1937 Belarusian Male Михаил Яснов 1906 1991 1925 Russian Male Леонид Ефремов 1912 2007 1941 Russian Male Михаил Ефремов 1911 2000 1931 Russian Male Никола́й Его́рычев 1920 2005 1942 Russian Male Вячеслав Елю́тин 1907 1993 1929 Russian Male Алексей Епишев 1908 1985 1929 Russian Male Афана́сий Ешто́кин 1913 1974 1943 Russian Male Иван Юнак 1918 1995 1944 Ukrainian Male Матве́й Заха́ров 1898 1972 1917 Russian Male Владимир Жигалин 1907 1990 1931 Russian Male Михаил Зимянин 1914 1995 1939 Belarusian Male Григо́рий Золоту́хин 1911 1988 1939 Russian Male Валериан Зорин 1902 1986 1922 Russian Male Серге́й Зве́рев 1912 1978 1932 Russian Male

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