10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)


The 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party was held during March 8–16, 1921 in Moscow. Halfway through the Congress, the Kronstadt uprising started.
The Congress was attended by 694 voting delegates and 296 non-voting delegates.
The Agenda consisted of:
Major decisions included:
The result of the debate on the trade unions was a rejection by the congress of the views of Trotsky, who was supported by the 9th Secretariat, the Workers' Opposition and the Democratic Centralists. The resolution On the Role and Tasks of the Trade Unions, which incorporated Lenin's definition of the role of the trade unions as educational organizations and schools of administration, economic management, and communism, was adopted by a majority vote.