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The 1st Congress of the CP(b)U (
Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union)
The Communist Party of Ukraine ( uk, Комуністична Партія України ''Komunistychna Partiya Ukrayiny'', КПУ, ''KPU''; russian: Коммунистическая партия Украины) was the founding and ruling ...
) was held in
Moscow
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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 ]MArchI
Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy) - MArchI (russian: Московский Архитектурный Институт (Государственная Академия) - МАрхИ) is a famous architecture school located in Moscow, ...
(Moscow Architectural Institute).
The 65 plenipotentiary
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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 Left SR uprising
The Left SR uprising, or Left SR revolt, was an uprising against the Bolsheviks by the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party. The uprising started on 6 July 1918 and was claimed to be intended to restart the war against Germany.Boniece, Sally A. lin ...
in Moscow
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.[Melnychenko, V. ]
1st Congress of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine (ПЕРШИЙ З'ЇЗД КП(Б) УКРАЇНИ)
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The ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( uk, Українська радянська енциклопедія, ''Ukrayinska radyanska entsyklopediya'') was a multi-purpose encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR.
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Preceding events and preparation
An instruction on creation of a single Bolshevik organization in Ukraine the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (b) has adopted in December 1917. It was realized at a regional congress of the RSDRP (b) in Kyiv on 16–18 December 1917 when the Ukrainian organization was named as the RSDRP (b) – Social-Democracy of Ukraine.
Couple of weeks after signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (also known as the Treaty of Brest in Russia) was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's ...
, on 19 March 1918 in Yekaterinoslav ( Dnipro) had convened the Second All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets
Second All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets ( uk, Другий Всеукраїнський з'їзд Рад) was a congress of soviets (councils) of workers, peasants, Red-army-men deputies that took place in Katerynoslav (Dnipro) on March 17-19, 19 ...
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 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (also known as the Treaty of Brest in Russia) was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's ...
.[Hennadiy Yefimenko. ]
(Незалежність радянської УНР)
'. www.jnsm.com.ua. 18 March 2017 A cordial greeting about the declaration of independence of the "Ukrainian Federative Soviet Republic" was published in the Russian newspaper Pravda
''Pravda'' ( rus, Правда, p=ˈpravdə, a=Ru-правда.ogg, "Truth") is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, and was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the co ...
on 22 March 1918.[ Upon conclusion of the congress many members of the congress emigrated to ]Taganrog
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History of Taganrog
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where at that time dominated Ukrainian population.[
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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 People's Secretariat
The People's Secretariat of Ukraine was the executive body of the Provisional Central Executive Committee of Soviets in Ukraine. It was formed in Kharkiv on December 30, 1917 as a form of the Soviet concept of dual power by the Russian and other ...
(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 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 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 (Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party
The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party ( uk, Украї́нська соціа́л-демократи́чна робітни́ча па́ртія, ''Ukrayínsʹka sotsiál-demokratýchna robitnýcha pártiya''), also known as Esdeky and SDP ...
)
*About the Party (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 ...
)
*About organizational issues (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 ...
)
*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 First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine ( uk, Перший Секретар ЦК КПУ, russian: Первый Секретарь ЦК КПУ) was a party leader of the republican branch of the Communist Part ...
).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 1918[Congresses, conferences, and plenums of the CP(b) – CP of Ukraine (Съезды, конференции и пленумы КП(б) - КП Украины)]
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* 8–9 September 1918[
* 16 October 1918][
]
See also
* 7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) The 7th (extraordinary) Congress of the RSDLP(b) ( Russian Social Democratic Labor Party), also known as the Extraordinary 7th Congress of the RCP(b) (Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)), was held between 6–8 March 1918. During this congress t ...
Further reading
* Комуністична партія України в резолюціях і рішеннях з'їздів, конференцій і пленумів ЦК, т. 1. К., 1976
* Нариси історії Комуністичної партії України. К., 1977
* Рядніна У. Перший з'їзд КП(б)У. К., 1958
* Мельниченко В. Ю. Бойовий загін єдиної ленінської партії. К., 1978
References
External links
*Melnychenko, V.
1st Congress of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine (ПЕРШИЙ З'ЇЗД КП(Б) УКРАЇНИ)
'. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
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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
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* 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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