7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

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The 7th (extraordinary) Congress of the RSDLP(b) (

Communist
".

It was the first congress of the Bolsheviks after their gaining of power in the

Petrograd (St. Petersburg) in extraordinary session to consider the peace treaty with Germany to end World War I, concluded by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
earlier in March.

The 47 plenipotentiary and 59 consultative delegates represented about 17,000 Party members. The actual Party head count was about 300,000, but many delegates could not arrive on such short notice, partially because of the German occupation of significant territory.

The agenda was:

Brest Peace

Main article: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The Brest Peace was an issue of fierce controversy within the Party. The Brest Peace was opposed by the faction of the

Urals
. There was little unity among the supporters of the Brest Peace. After Lenin's report, Bukharin presented a second report, demanding that the war with Germany continue.

After heated discussions, Lenin's version of the Resolution On War And Peace was approved at the morning session of March 8 by a signed vote: 30 in favor, 12 against, 4 abstained. Lenin's proposal, was not made public at that time and was first published in the January 1, 1919 Kommunar, a daily newspaper issued by the Central Committee for workers in Moscow.

The Brest Peace was ratified by the Extraordinary

Fourth All-Russia Congress of Soviets
(March 14–16).

List of elected members to the Central Committee

The Contress elected the following members to the Central Committee (by number of received votes):

Elected Members

  1. Lenin (Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich
  2. Trotsky Lev Davidovich
  3. Sverdlov Yakov Mikhailovich
  4. Zinoviev Grigorii Evseevich
  5. Bukharin Nikolai Ivanovich
  6. Stalin Iosif Vissarionovich
  7. Sokolnikov Grigori Iakovlevich
  8. Krestinsky Nikolai Nikolaevich
  9. Smilga Ivar Tenisovich
  10. Stasova Elena Dmitrievna
  11. Lashevich Mikhail Mikhailovich
  12. Shmidt Vasilii Vladimirovich
  13. Dzerzhinsky Feliks Edmundovich
  14. Vladimirsky Mikhail Fedorovich
  15. Artem (Sergeev Fedor Andreevich)

Candidates

  1. Ioffe Adolf Abramovich
  2. Kiselev Aleksei Semenovich
  3. Berzin Ian Antonovich
  4. Uritsky Moisei Solomonovich
  5. Stuchka Petr Ivanovich
  6. Petrovsky Grigory Ivanovich
  7. Lomov (Oppokov) Georgy Ippolitovich
  8. Shliapnikov Aleksandr Gavrilovich

External links

  • Speeches by Lenin at the Extraordinary Seventh Congress of the R.C.P.(B.), Collected Works, Progress Publishers, Moscow, Volume 27, 1972, pages 85–158


References

  • "Seventh Congress of the Russian Communist Party. Verbatim Report. March 6–8, 1918" (1923)
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