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The 1st Congress of the CP(b)U (

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) was held in

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in July 5–12, 1918. It was a constituent congress which led to creation of the political party by way of uniting existing Russian Bolsheviks in Ukraine and left faction of the Ukrainian Social-Democrats. The congress took place at address ulica Rozhdestvenka, 11 (later ulica Zhdanova). Today in the building is located

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and 147 consultative delegates represented 45 Party organizations that were accounted for over 4,000 Party members. The congress also attended about 60 guests. On 6 July 1918 delegates of the Congress with arms in hands participated in liquidation of the

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Preceding events and preparation

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, on 19 March 1918 in Yekaterinoslav ( Dnipro) had convened the

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where the congress discussed and approved the treaty and also announced that Ukraine only formally loosing its federative ties with the Soviet Russia and workers of Ukraine will carry on a fight against the restored bourgeoisie regime. Recognition of Ukrainian independence was forced onto the Soviet Russia by the

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on 22 March 1918. Upon conclusion of the congress many members of the congress emigrated to

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where at that time dominated Ukrainian population.

Agenda

*Report of the Organization Bureau on convening the First Congress of the CP(b)U (delivered by

Nikolay Skripnik Mykola Oleksiiovych Skrypnyk ( uk, Микола Олексійович Скрипник; – 7 July 1933), also known as Nikolai Alekseyevich Skripnik (russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Скри́пник), was a Ukrainian Bolshe ...

) *Report of the All-Ukrainian partisan provisional committee (delivered by Mikhail Mayorov) *Report of the Bolshevik faction in the

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(delivered by

Andrei Bubnov Andrei Sergeyevich Bubnov (russian: Андре́й Серге́евич Бу́бнов; 23 March 1883 – 1 August 1938) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary leader, one of Bolshevik leaders in Ukraine, Soviet politician and military leade ...

) *About the current moment (delivered by Yuriy Pyatakov) *About armed uprising (delivered by

) *About state relations of Soviet Ukraine with Soviet Russia (delivered by

Emmanuel Kviring Emanuel Yonovych Kwiring (Kviring) (russian: Эммануил Ионович Квиринг, uk, Емануіл Йонович Квірінг) (13 September 1888 – 26 November 1937) was a Soviet politician and statesman. Born into a German f ...

) *About attitudes towards to so called "Soviets" (Radas) *About attitudes towards other political parties (delivered by

Vladimir Zatonskiy Volodymyr Petrovych Zatonsky ( uk, Володи́мир Зато́нський, russian: Влади́мир Петро́вич Зато́нский ''Vladimir Petrovich Zatonsky''; July 27, 1888 – July 29, 1938) was a Soviet politician, aca ...

) *About merging with left faction of the Ukrainian Social Democrats (

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) *About the Party (delivered by

) *About organizational issues (delivered by

) *About elections to the Central Committee

Central Committee

The Contress elected the following members to the Central Committee on 12 July 1918: Elected Members # Amosov Ivan Karpovich # Bubnov Andrei Sergeevich # Butsenko Afanasiy Ivanovich # Gruzman Shulim Aizikovich # Zatonskiy Vladimir Petrovich # Kartvelishvili Lavrentiy Iosifovich # Kviring Emmanuil Ionovich # Kosior Stanislav Vikentievich # Kreisberg Isaac Mironovich # Lutovinov Yuriy Khrisanfovich # Pyatakov Yuriy Leonidovich #Rafail ( Farbman Rafail Borisovich) # Rovner Pinkhus Lazarevich # Tarskiy (Sokolovskiy) Leonid Lvovich # Schwartz Isaac Izrailevich Candidates # Gamarnik Jan Borisovich # Lebed Dmitriy Zakharovich # Mayorov Mikhail Moiseevich (Biberman Meer Moiseevich) # Skripnik Nikolay Alekseevich # Slinko Petr Fedorovich # Yakovlev (Epstein) Yakov Arkadievich The same day on 12 July 1918 took place a plenum (plenary session) of the Central Committee that elected Yuriy Pyatakov as the Secretary of the Central Committee (see

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).Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) – Communist Party of Ukraine (Секретариат ЦК КП(б) - КП Украины)

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The Central Committee plenums

* 12 July 1918Congresses, conferences, and plenums of the CP(b) – CP of Ukraine (Съезды, конференции и пленумы КП(б) - КП Украины)

(www.knowbysight.info) * 8–9 September 1918 * 16 October 1918

References

External links

*Melnychenko, V.
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(leksika.com.ua) *Melnychenko, V.
Taganrog Conference of Bolsheviks of Ukraine (ТАГАНРОЗЬКА НАРАДА БІЛЬШОВИКІВ УКРАЇНИ)
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The 1918 All-Ukrainian Conference of underground Bolshevik organizations (ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКА НАРАДА ПІДПІЛЬНИХ БІЛЬШОВИЦЬКИХ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙ 1918)

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Центральный Комитет, избранный I-м съездом КП(б) Украины 12.7.1918, члены и кандидаты в члены

(www.knowbysight.info) * Dmytro Shurkhalo.
How 100 years ago in Moscow they created CP(b)U (Як 100 років тому у Москві створили КП(б)У)
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