The Central Committee of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1981 until 1986. It elected, at its 1st Plenary Session, the 26th Politburo, the 26th Secretariat and the 26th Party Control Committee of the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

Plenums

The Central Committee was not a permanent institution. It convened

plenary session A plenary session or plenum is a session of a conference which all members of all parties are to attend. Such a session may include a broad range of content, from keynotes to panel discussions, and is not necessarily related to a specific styl ...

s. 15 CC plenary sessions were held between the

26th Congress The 26th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1839 ...

and the 27th 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 A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...

and the

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. None of these bodies were permanent either; typically they convened several times a month.

Composition

Members

Candidates

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* * {{Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1981 establishments in the Soviet Union 1986 disestablishments in the Soviet Union