Historical Organization
All-Union Communist Party
All-Union Communist Party
Also known as: Bolsheviks
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Organization Timeline
Fourteenth Party Congress opens and calls for industrialization
📅 18 December 1925The Fourteenth Party Congress opened amid conflict over the pace of industrialization and the party’s relationship with the peasantry. Delegates backed a program of industrial development while...
Fourteenth Party Congress ends with the defeat of the New Opposition
📅 31 December 1925The Congress concluded after rejecting the opposition of Zinoviev and Kamenev and backing the party leadership’s industrialization line. Economic debates were increasingly settled through...
Fifteenth Party Conference opens amid growing factional conflict
📅 26 October 1926The conference opened as disputes over economic policy and the party opposition intensified. Its resolutions condemned Trotsky’s platform and backed the leadership’s position on industrialization...
Joint Opposition demonstrates on the October Revolution anniversary
đź“… 7 November 1927Supporters of Trotsky, Zinoviev and other opposition figures demonstrated during the tenth anniversary celebrations of the October Revolution. The party leadership treated the action as factional...
Trotsky and Zinoviev expelled from the Communist Party
đź“… 14 November 1927The party leadership expelled Leon Trotsky and Grigory Zinoviev after the opposition demonstrations and prolonged disputes over policy and internal democracy. Their removal from the party narrowed...
Fifteenth Party Congress opens
đź“… 2 December 1927The Fifteenth Congress opened amid the defeat of the Left and United Opposition. Delegates debated agricultural procurement, industrialization and the future of NEP. The Congress became a turning...
Fifteenth Congress concludes after endorsing a collectivization drive
đź“… 19 December 1927The Congress concluded after expelling the opposition and adopting a course toward expanded collectivization and industrial development. It did not itself complete collectivization; implementation...
Central directive demands a harsher grain procurement campaign
đź“… 6 January 1928A Central Committee directive sent to local party organizations demanded intensified grain procurement as the shortfall in state purchases deepened. Authorities used criminal law, searches and...
Stalin travels to Siberia to enforce emergency grain collections
đź“… 15 January 1928Stalin traveled to Siberia and directed local officials to use emergency measures to obtain grain, including arrests and pressure on wealthier peasants. The campaign marked a sharp retreat from...
Central Committee plenum debates grain procurement and the Shakhty affair
đź“… 6 April 1928The joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission met from 6 to 11 April, discussing the grain procurement crisis and the Shakhty case. Its resolutions called for forceful...
Central Committee plenum revisits grain procurement after emergency measures
đź“… 4 July 1928The Central Committee plenum met from 4 to 12 July to review grain procurement and the broader economic situation. Its resolution called for restoring peasant confidence and stopping a return to...
Eleventh anniversary celebrations present industrialization as revolutionary defense
đź“… 7 November 1928The eleventh anniversary of the October Revolution was celebrated amid growing emphasis on industrialization and political unity. Official narratives linked economic acceleration to the defense of...
Stalin attacks the Right deviation over industrialization
📅 19 November 1928In a speech to the Central Committee plenum, Stalin criticized the “Right deviation” as the party debated industrialization targets, agricultural policy and the control figures for 1928–29. The...
The NEP decade closes under pressure for a “great turn”
đź“… 31 December 1928By the end of 1928, the NEP compromise was breaking down. Emergency grain seizures, accelerated industrial planning and the defeat of party opposition shifted the state toward command methods. This...