The 16th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) was held during 26 June - 13 July 1930 in

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. The congress of the

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was attended by 1,268 voting delegates and 891 delegates with observer status. It elected the 16th Central Committee. An exercise of devotion to

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, this is the last congress to be dominated by the original leadership of the

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Agenda of the Congress

#Political report of the Central Committee (Stalin) #Organization report of the Central Committee (Kaganovich) #Report of the Central Revision Commission (Vladimirsky) #Report of the Central Control Commission (Ordzhonikidze) #Report of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Delegation to the Comintern (Molotov) #Completion of the five-years plan for the industry (Kuybyshev) #The Kolkhoz movement and the rise of the agriculture (Yakovlev) #Tasks of the trade unions in the reconstruction period (Shvernik) #Elections to the Party's central organs

External links

Sixteenth Congress of the CPSU (Bolshevik)
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