Orgburo of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

The Orgburo of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) was in session from 1934 to 1939.^[1]

Composition

Name (birth–death)^[2]	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Yan Gamarnik (1894–1937)	10 February 1934	31 May 1937	3 years, 110 days	—
Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940)	10 February 1934	3 March 1939	5 years, 21 days	—
Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939	5 years, 40 days	—
Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939	5 years, 40 days	—
Sergei Kirov (1886–1934)	10 February 1934	1 December 1934	294 days	—
Alexander Kosarev (1903–1939)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939	5 years, 40 days	Was arrested on 28 November 1938 on counter-revolutionary charges.
Valerian Kuybyshev (1888–1935)	10 February 1934	25 January 1935	349 days	—
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939	5 years, 40 days	—
Aleksey Stetsky (1896–1938)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939	5 years, 40 days	Was arrested on 26 April 1938 on counter-revolutionary charges.
Nikolay Shvernik (1888–1970)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939	5 years, 40 days	—
Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971)	10 March 1935	22 March 1939	4 years, 12 days	Appointed by questionnaire.
Lev Mekhlis (1889–1953)	14 January 1938	22 March 1939	1 year, 67 days	Elected by the 13th Plenary Session.

Name (birth–death)^[3]	Took office	Left office	Duration	Note
Mikhail Kaganovich (1888–1941)	10 February 1934	22 March 1939	5 years, 40 days
Alexander Krinitsky (1894–1937)	10 February 1934	12 October 1937	3 years, 244 days	Relieved of his duties at the 12th Plenary Session.