Regional Committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were regional branches 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 ...

which usually encompassed a region,

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of ...

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relat ...

, or

Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic An Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR, russian: автономная советская социалистическая республика, АССР) was a type of administrative unit in the Soviet Union (USSR) created for certain nat ...

. Regional Committees were elected by their Regional Conferences. Until June 1990, the

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

was the only union republic where the Regional Committees were responsible directly to the

instead of their respective republican branch of the

. Similarly, cities had City Committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

History

In 1919, the previous committees of the

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

were replaced by provincial organizations of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), during the reform of the administrative-territorial division. Provincial organizations were reorganized into regional committees.

Organization

Each regional committee was responsible to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of their republic. In the case of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, every regional committee within the RSFSR was directly responsible to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The First Secretary was the highest official within a regional committee and was elected by their regional committee. The Charter of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1972 states how regional committees and republican branches of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union are to be managed.

Governing bodies of republican, regional and regional organizations of the party ''43. The supreme body of a regional, provincial, republican party organization is the regional, provincial party conference or congress of the Communist Party of the Union Republic, and in the interval between them - the regional committee, regional committee, and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Union Republic.'' ''45. Regional, regional committees, and the Central Committee of the Communist Parties of the Union Republics elect bureaus, including committee secretaries. Party secretaries must be at least five years old. Chairmen of party commissions, heads of departments of these committees, editors of party newspapers and magazines are also approved at plenary committees. Secretariats may be created to consider current issues and verify compliance with the regional, party, and regional committees of the Communist Parties of the Union republics.'' ''46. The plenary session of the regional, regional committee, and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Union Republic is convened at least once every four months.''

List of Regional Committees

This is a list of Regional Committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in August 1991.

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Russian SFSR

Regional Committees of

Oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of ...

s Regional Committees of Autonomous Oblasts Regional Committees of Krais Regional Committees of

Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics An Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR, russian: автономная советская социалистическая республика, АССР) was a type of Subdivisions of the Soviet Union, administrative unit in the Soviet Unio ...

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Azerbaijan SSR

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Byelorussian SSR

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Georgian SSR

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Kirghiz SSR

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Tajik SSR

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic - Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR

References

{{Structure of the CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1919 establishments in Russia 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union