Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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The Congress of the CPSU (Russian: съезд КПСС) was the gathering of the delegates of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its predecessors. During the history, the name was changed according to the then current name of the party. The frequency of party congresses also varied with the meetings being annual events in the 1920s while no Congress was held at all between 1939 to 1952. After the death of Joseph Stalin the Congresses were held every five years.

The First Congress of RSDLP, was held in 1898, Minsk, Belarus of Imperial Russia.

The Second Congress, 1903, Belgium, resulted into the party's split into Bolshevik and Menshevik factions which eventually became parties in their own right.

Theoretically, the Congress was the supreme ruling body of the entire Party. Between the congresses the party was ruled by the Central Committee, abbreviated as ЦК, "Tseka".

See also: Organization of the Communist Party of the USSR

List of Party Congresses