The official memorandum entitled "On the Restructuring of Literary and Artistic Organizations,"[4][5] published on April 23 of 1932 notes that while there has been significant progress towards in the fields of literature and art to develop and further Socialist ideals, there was still more work that had to be done in order to fully render these two disciplines Socialist oriented.
This was dangerous, as the development of a socialist nation could only be facilitated if the arts and literature were focused on furthering party messaging.
Thus, in effort to reign in their influence and centralize control over the arts and literature, they were disbanded and replaced with swift measure.
From April 19 to 25, 1948, the first Constituent Congress was held where, during the proceedings, the governing bodies such as Secretariats and Chairmen were decided and the Charter was officially christened.
Elected during the proceedings was the Inaugural Chairman of the Union, that being the Soviet Musicologist Boris Asafiev (1948–1949), along with the first General Secretary, a title belonging to the composer T.N.
In the late 1950s (1957 to be exact),[6] there was a ubiquitous decision to create a Union of Soviet Composers that was not tied to the political party and was operated as an independent organization, equivalent in freedoms to their pre-1932 form.
Under the leadership of Shostakovich, the musical and compositional directive of the organization reoriented towards prioritizing contemporary musicians and their works for public display and publishing.
It was during the Second Constituent Conference that a couple new leaders would be elected, General Secretary being Stanislav Stempnevsky, while the chairman of the board would be Georgy Sviridov.
In 2015, the Eleventh Constituent Congress was held where contemporary composer Rashid Kalimullin was elected as Chairman of the Union.