Bubnov, A. [All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)]. VKP(b). 

Moskva, Aktsionernoe obshchestvo «Sovetskaia Entsiklopediia», 1930. 
8vo, 544 cols., 10 l.ill. 

In original cloth. Gilt-lettered and decorated to front cover and spine. With an inserted sheet reading 'A gift to the delegates of the 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) from the Society ‘Soviet Encyclopedia’'.
In good condition, lightly rubbed and soiled, some dampstaining to lower margin.  

Gift for the delegates of the 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Very rare offprint. Banned edition. One of 7 000 copies published. 

This offprint from one of the volumes of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia is entirely devoted to the history of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and was written by Andrei Bubnov (1883–1938), a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary, politician, military leader, key figure in the Bolshevik movement in Ukraine, and People’s Commissar for Education from 1929.
This particular copy was presented to one of the delegates of the 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), held in Moscow from June 26 to July 13, 1930. In addition to major industrial and agricultural decisions, this Congress focused on intensifying the campaign against so-called ‘right-wing deviationists’, Trotskyism, and bureaucratic inefficiency. The Congress reinforced Stalin’s leadership and centralized power within the Party, marking a transitional moment toward Stalin’s personal dictatorship. Notably, it was the first congress without significant opposition to the Party leadership, further consolidating Stalin’s control and paving the way for the repressive policies of the early 1930s.
It is well documented that a significant number of delegates – including members of the Central Committee, other senior officials elected at this congress (and many individuals mentioned in this book) – were later arrested, executed, or otherwise purged in the years that followed. The 16th Congress was one of the last to be dominated by the ‘old guard’; subsequent years saw the increasing centralization of Stalin’s power and the systematic elimination of perceived ‘opposition’ or ‘unreliable elements’ within the party and government. 
Interestingly, despite the fact that Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and removed from power in 1927 – and officially exiled from the USSR in February 1929 – he is still mentioned in this book. Several sections are devoted to Trotskyism, and Trotsky’s portrait is preserved among the members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress in 1917.
Bubnov himself was arrested in October 1937 and executed during the Stalinist purges. Following his arrest and execution, his works were banned and his name was systematically erased from official publications.

We couldn’t trace any copy of this edition in the USA or European libraries via OCLC.