The Central Committee of the Komsomol (Russian: Центральный комитет ВЛКСМ, Tsentral'niy komitet VLKSM) was the executive leadership of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, commonly known as the Komsomol. According to the Komsomol Charter adopted at the 14th Congress of the Komsomol (1962), the Central Committee "directs the entire work of the Komsomol, local Komsomol bodies, represents the Komsomol in state and public institutions and organizations, approves the editorial board of the central body - Komsomolskaya Pravda and other editorial offices, distributes the Komsomol budget and monitors its implementation." The Central Committee of the Komsomol was dissolved on September 28, 1991, along with the Komsomol organization itself.
Organization The Central Committee was elected at Komsomol congresses by secret ballot. The Central Committee consisted of full members who could cast a vote and candidate members who had an advisory vote during plenary sessions. The Central Committee of the Komsomol elected the First Secretary of the Central Committee (de facto leader of the Komsomol), the Bureau, and the Sectretariat.
Congresses During its 73-year history, the Central Committee of the Komsomol held a total of 22 congresses. Initially, congresses were held every year but after 1922 they were held less frequently.
CongressDates HeldResolution(s)Congresses of the Central Committee of the Komsomol1st Congress29 October - 4 November 1918The unification of youth communist organizations into a centralized single organization. Creation of Komsomol.2nd Congress5 October - 8 October 1919Creation of the Young Communist International in order to appeal to the young international proletariat.3rd Congress2 October - 10 October 1920The tasks of socialist construction and communist education of youth, the restoration of the national economy destroyed during the war years are defined. A new edition of the charter of the Komsomol was adopted.4th Congress21 September - 28 September 1921A new edition of the charter of the Komsomol was adopted.5th Congress11 October - 17 October 19226th Congress12 July - 18 July 1924Name changed in Russian from RKSM to RLKSM.7th Congress11 March - 22 March 1926Support for party line for the fight against Trotskyism.8th Congress5 May - 16 May 19289th Congress16 January - 26 January 193110th Congress11 April - 21 April 1936A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.11th Congress29 March - 7 April 194912th Congress19 March - 27 March 1954A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.13th Congress15 April - 18 April 1958Announcement of the Abakan-Taishet Railway shock construction project.14th Congress16 April - 20 April 1962A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.15th Congress17 May - 21 May 196616th Congress26 May - 30 May 197017th Congress23 April - 27 April 1974Announcement of the Baikal-Amur Railway shock construction project18th Congress25 April - 28 April 197819th Congress18 May - 21 May 1982The Youth Residential Complex project program was adopted.20th Congress15 April - 18 April 1987A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.21st Congress11 April - 18 April 1990A new version of the Komsomol charter was adopted.22nd Congress27 September - 28 September 1991The Komsomol was officially dissolved.
First Secretaries of the Komsomol PictureNameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyFirst Secretaries of the Komsomol1Yefim Tsetlin
(1898–1937)4 November 191817 July 1919Bolshevik Party (RCP(b))2Oscar Ryvkin
(1899–1937)17 July 191910 October 1920Bolshevik Party (RCP(b))3Lazar Shatskin (1902–1937)10 October 192028 September 1921Bolshevik Party (RCP(b))4Pyotr Smorodin (1897–1939)28 September 192118 July 1924Bolshevik Party (RCP(b))5Nikolai Chaplin
(1902–1938)18 July 192416 May 1928VKP(b)6Alexander Milchakov (1903–1973)17 May 192824 March 1929VKP(b)7Aleksandr Kosarev (1903–1939)24 March 192923 November 1938VKP(b)8Nikolai Mikhailov (1906–1982)23 November 193830 October 1952CPSU9Alexander Shelepin (1918–1994)30 October 195218 April 1958CPSU10Vladimir Semichastny
(1924–2001)18 April 195825 March 1959CPSU11Sergey Pavlov (1929–1993)25 March 195912 June 1968CPSU12Yevgeny Tyazhelnikov (1928–2020)12 June 196827 May 1977CPSU13Boris Pastukhov (1933–2021)27 May 19776 December 1982CPSU14Viktor Mishin (born 1943)6 December 198219 July 1986CPSU15Viktor Mironenko (born 1953)19 July 198618 April 1990CPSU16Vladimir Zyukin (born 1954)18 April 199027 September 1991CPSU
See also
Komsomol Komsomolskaya Pravda
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