3rd World Congress of the Comintern


The 3rd World Congress of the Comintern was held in Moscow on 22 June–12 July 1921. The third official meeting of the Communist International included delegations from more than 50 different national structures and took place in the back-drop of two major events; the failure of the German revolution and the introduction of New Economic Policy in Soviet Russia. The main language of the congress was German, with three further working languages: French, English and Russian.

Agenda

The agenda was circulated in several languages from March 1921:
  1. Report of the Executive Committee.
  2. The world economic crisis and the new rôle of the Communist International.
  3. Tactics of the Communist International during the revolution.
  4. The period of transition.
  5. The campaign against the Yellow Trade Union International of Amsterdam.
  6. The International Council of Red Trade Unions and the Communist International.
  7. The internal structure of the Communist Parties, their methods of action, and the essence of that action.
  8. The internal structure of the Communist International—and its relations with the affiliated parties.
  9. The Eastern question.
  10. The Italian Socialist Party and the Communist International.
  11. The K.A.P.D. and the Communist International.
  12. The women's movement.
  13. The Young Communist movement.
  14. Election of the Executive Committee, and designation of its place of session.
  15. Miscellaneous.

    Delegates

There were delegates from the following countries.
CountryPartyNo.---
ArgentinaCommunist Party of Argentina2---
ArmeniaCommunist Party of Armenia8---
AzerbaijanCommunist Party of Azerbaijan6---
AustriaCommunist Party of Austria7---
AustriaPoalei Zion14---
AustraliaCommunist Party of Australia4---
BakuYoung Communist International1---
BakuEastern Bureau2---
Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicCommunist Party of Bashkiria2---
BelgiumSocialist Revolutionaries2---
BelgiumYoung Communist International1---
BelgiumCommunist Party of Belgium2---
BritainCommunist Party of Great Britain14---
BritainSocialist Party1---
BritainAnti-Parliamentary Communist Federation1---
BukharaCommunist Party of Bukhara7---
BulgariaCommunist Party of Bulgaria19---
BulgariaYoung Communist International1---
CanadaSocialist Party of Canada1---
ChinaCommunist Party of China1---
ChinaYoung Communist International1---
ConstantinopleCommunist Party of Turkey1---
CzechoslovakiaCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia27---
CzechoslovakiaYoung Communist International2---
DenmarkCommunist Party of Denmark6---
EgyptCommunist Party of Egypt1---
EstoniaCommunist Party of Estonia5---
EstoniaEstonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party2---
EstoniaYoung Communist International1---
Far Eastern RepublicRussian Communist Party 1---
Far Eastern RepublicYoung Communist International1---
FinlandCommunist Party of Finland30---
FranceCommunist Party of France8---
FranceSyndicalists9---
FranceYoung Communist International3---
FranceSyndicalist Minority11---
FünfkirchenSocialist Party3---
GeorgiaCommunist Party of Georgia11---
GeorgiaYoung Communist International1---
GermanyCommunist Workers Party of Germany 5---
GermanyUnited Communist Party of Germany25---
GermanyYoung Communist International8---
Germanywomen1---
GermanyUnited Communist Party of Germany 2---
GreeceCommunist Party of Greece3---
HungaryCommunist Party of Hungary12---
HungaryYoung Communist International1---
IndiaCommunist Party of India4---
IndiaYoung Communist International1---
IranCommunist Party of Iran5---
IrelandCommunist Party of Ireland2---
ItalyCommunist Party of Italy21---
ItalyYoung Communist International4---
ItalySocialist Party of Italy4---
JavaCommunist Union of the Indies1---
KhivaYoung Communist International1---
KhirgiziaCommunist Party of Kirghizia1---
KoreaCommunist Party of Korea1---
LatviaCommunist Party of Latvia11---
LatviaYoung Communist International1---
LithuaniaCommunist Party of Lithuania9---
LithuaniaYoung Communist International2---
LuxemburgCommunist Party of Luxemburg4---
LuxemburgSocialist Party of Luxemburg1---
LuxemburgYoung Communist International1---
MexicoCommunist Party of Mexico1---
MexicoYoung Communist International1---
MongoliaMongolian People's Revolutionary Party1---
Near EastYoung Communist International1---
NetherlandsCommunist Party of the Netherlands5---
NetherlandsYoung Communist International1---
NorwayNorwegian Labour Party11---
NorwayYoung Communist International1---
NorwayCommunist Party of Norway1---
PalestineCommunist Party of Palestine1---
Paole Zion1---
PolandCommunist Party of Poland20---
PolandBund3---
RomaniaCommunist Party of Romania10---
RomaniaYoung Communist International4---
RussiaCommunist Party of Russia 72---
RussiaYoung Communist International4---
South AfricaInternational Socialist League1---
SwedenCommunist Party of Sweden15---
SwedenYoung Communist International3---
SwitzerlandCommunist Party of Switzerland13---
SwitzerlandYoung Communist International2---
SpainCommunist Party of Spain5---
SpainCommunist Workers Party of Spain4---
SpainSyndicalists5---
Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicTatarstan Regional Committee of the Communist Party 1---
TurkeyCommunist Party of Turkey4---
TurkestanCommunist Party of Russia 4---
TurkestanRevolutionary League4---
UkraineCommunist Party of Ukraine22United States of AmericaUnited Communist Party of America10
Young Communist International2-United States of America--
Japanese Communist Group1-United States of America--
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicCommunist Party of Byelorussia2---
YugoslaviaCommunist Party of Yugoslavia10---
YugoslaviaYoung Communist International1---