The Nineteenth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held from 5 to 14 October 1952. It was the first

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since before

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and the last under

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

's leadership. It was attended by many dignitaries from foreign Communist parties, including Liu Shaoqi from China. At this Congress, Stalin gave the last public speech of his life. The

19th Central Committee 19th Central Committee may refer to: * Central Committee of the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1952–1956 *19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and pre ...

was elected at the congress.

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*The ''All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik)'' was renamed the '' Communist Party of the Soviet Union''. *Stalin's request to be relieved of his duties in the party secretariat due to his age was rejected by the plenum of the Central Committee held immediately after the congress, as members were unsure about Stalin's intentions.Geoffrey Roberts
''Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939 - 1953''
p. 345. *The '' Politburo of the Central Committee'' became the '' Presidium of the Central Committee'' and was greatly expanded (to 15 members) in preparation for the

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scheduled the next year. The

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and Central Committee were doubled in size (to ten and 133 members, respectively). The

Orgburo The Orgburo (russian: Оргбюро́), also known as the Organisational Bureau (russian: организационное бюро), of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union existed from 1919 to 1952, when it was a ...

was abolished, and its duties were transferred to the Secretariat. *Full members (voting) elected to the 19th Presidium:
Vasily Andrianov; Averky Aristov;

Lavrentiy Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolsheviks ...

;

Nikolai Bulganin Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Булга́нин; – 24 February 1975) was a Soviet politician who served as Minister of Defense (1953–1955) and Premier of the Soviet Union (1955–19 ...

;

Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (, uk, Климент Охрімович Ворошилов, ''Klyment Okhrimovyč Vorošylov''), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (russian: link=no, Клим Вороши́лов, ''Klim Vorošilov''; 4 Februa ...

;

Semyon Ignatyev Semyon Denisovich Ignatyev (russian: Семён Денисович Игнатьев; 14 September 1904, Karlivka – 27 November 1983, Moscow) was a Soviet politician, and the last head of the security forces appointed by Joseph Stalin. Early ca ...

; Lazar Kaganovich;

Demyan Korotchenko Demyan Serhiyovych Korotchenko ( uk, Дем’ян Сергійович Коротченко; 29 November 1894 – 7 April 1969) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who twice served as the head of government of the Ukrainian SSR (the equi ...

; Vasily Kuznetsov;

Otto Kuusinen Otto Wilhelm "Wille" Kuusinen (; russian: О́тто Вильге́льмович Ку́усинен, Otto Vilgelmovich Kuusinen; 4 October 1881 – 17 May 1964) was a Finnish-born Soviet communist and, later, Soviet politician, literary hi ...

;

Georgy Malenkov Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov ( – 14 January 1988) was a Soviet politician who briefly succeeded Joseph Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union. However, at the insistence of the rest of the Presidium, he relinquished control over the p ...

;

Vyacheslav Malyshev Viacheslav Aleksandrovich Malyshev (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Малышев) (3 December 1902 — 20 February 1957) was a Soviet statesman who was one of the leading figures of Soviet industry during the 1940s and 1 ...

; Leonid G. Melnikov; Anastas Mikoyan;

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;

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;

Mikhail Pervukhin Mikhail Georgievich Pervukhin (russian: Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Перву́хин; 14 October 1904 – 22 July 1978) was a Soviet official during the Stalin Era and Khrushchev Era. He served as a First Deputy Chairman of the ...

;

Panteleimon Ponomarenko Panteleimon Kondratyevich Ponomarenko (russian: link=no, Пантелеймо́н Кондра́тьевич Пономаре́нко, ; ; 18 January 1984) was a Soviet statesman and politician and one of the leaders of Soviet partisan resistan ...

;

Maksim Saburov Maksim Zakharovich Saburov (russian: Макси́м Заха́рович Сабу́ров, 2 February 1900 – 24 March 1977) was a Soviet engineer, economist and politician, three-time Chairman of Gosplan and later First Deputy Premier of the ...

;

Mikhail Suslov Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov (russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Су́слов; 25 January 1982) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965, and as uno ...

;

Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...

; Dmitry Chesnokov;

Nikolay Shvernik Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik (russian: Никола́й Миха́йлович Шве́рник, – 24 December 1970) was a Soviet politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 19 March 1946 until 15 March 1 ...

; Matvei Shkiryatov *Candidate (non-voting) members elected to the Presidium:

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and ...

;

Andrei Vyshinsky Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky (russian: Андре́й Януа́рьевич Выши́нский; pl, Andrzej Wyszyński) ( – 22 November 1954) was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat. He is known as a state prosecutor of Joseph S ...

; Arseni Zverev; Nikolai Ignatov; Ivan Kabanov;

Alexei Kosygin Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsɨɡʲɪn; – 18 December 1980) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as the Premi ...

;

Nikolai Patolichev Nikolai Semyonovich Patolichev (russian: Николай Семёнович Патоличев; 23 September 1908 – 1 December 1989) was a Soviet statesman who served as Minister of Foreign Trade of the USSR from 1958 to 1985. Prior to that, he wa ...

; Nikolai Pegov; Alexander Puzanov;

Ivan Tevosian Ivan Fyodorovich (Hovhannes Tevadrosovich) Tevosian (russian: Иван Федорович (Тевадросович) Тевосян, hy, Հովհաննես Թևատրոսի Թևոսյան 1902, Shushi – 1958, Moscow) was a Soviet politician of A ...

; Pavel Yudin An unofficial "inner circle" of Stalin's closest associates included

, Lazar Kaganovich,

, and

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Report to the Nineteenth Party Congress on the Work of the Central Committee of the C.P.S.U.(B.)
', delivered by Malenkov *
Report on the Directives of the XIX Party Congress Relating to the Fifth Five-Year Plan for the Development of the U.S.S.R. in 1951-1955
', delivered by Saburov
''On Changes in the Rules of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union''
delivered by Khrushchev *
Speech at the Nineteenth Party Congress
' by Stalin
''Rules of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union''
adopted by the 19th Congress
Nineteenth Congress of the CPSU
in the

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, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). {{Joseph Stalin Communist Party of the Soviet Union 19

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1952 conferences February 1956 events in Europe

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