Congresses and Plenums

The Congresses and Plenums sections of the COMINTERN archive consists of all the records created under the authority of the Executive Committee (ECCI) of the Third International. It contains original documents in more than thirty languages from seven Congresses and thirteen ECCI Plenums, drawn up by more than seventy Communist and Left Socialist parties, together with different international organizations, often with personal corrections by famous figures in the Communist movement. They cover the whole period of the activity of the Third International, that is, from 1919 to 1943. These documents include materials from preparatory and working commissions. There are transcripts and minutes of the meetings, theses, lists of delegates, mandates and questionnaires filled by delegates, etc.

The documents are systematized chronologically:

• Preparation for the Congress;
• Sessions of the Congress;
• Mandate (Credential) Commissions;
• Texts of radio broadcasts on the work of the Congress;
• Greetings to the Congress and
• Newspaper clippings, etc.

The previously available Congress Proceedings, which were published in 1920 and 1930, had been heavily censored by the Executive Committee. This microfiche edition offers the opportunity to read about the real history of COMINTERN, from the original documents. The collection reveals the 'behind the scenes' history of this 'Party of Worldwide Revolution'. The archive material, which was previously unobtainable, is now available to researchers all over the world.