Bolshevik Politburo (October 1917)
볼셰비키 정치국 (1917년 10월)
A seven-member provisional leadership elected by the Bolshevik Central Committee at its meeting of 10 October (O.S.)/23 October 1917 to provide political direction for the armed uprising. It consisted of Lenin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Trotsky, Stalin, Sokolnikov, and Bubnov, created alongside the resolution on insurrection, though some accounts suggest it never actually convened. It ceased to function immediately after the October Revolution succeeded; a permanent Politburo was established as a formal party organ at the 8th Party Congress in March 1919.
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- Wikipedia (RU) Russian Wikipedia: first Politburo created 10 (23) October 1917 with seven members (Lenin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Trotsky, Stalin, Sokolnikov, Bubnov) for political leadership of the armed uprising
- Wikipedia (EN) English Wikipedia: background section details the Narrow Composition (18 Aug 1917) and Political Bureau (23 Oct 1917) as precursor bodies
- archontology.org Archontology: detailed periodization; notes the first Politburo lasted ~two weeks (10–24 Oct O.S.), Trotsky wrote it never held a meeting, ceased after the Petrograd coup
- Wikipedia (RU) Russian Wikipedia compositions page: lists the October 1917 Politburo membership and transition to Bureau in November/December 1917
- soviethistory.msu.edu Seventeen Moments in Soviet History (MSU): Central Committee resolution text and context for the 10 October meeting