[1] In July 1918, courses for agitators and instructors were established in Moscow under the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.
[2] The curriculum was more concerned with the speedy training of party militants rather than in developing any depth of knowledge.
[1] The main reason for the creation of the institution was the delivery of the "Short Courses" which could be completed in 10–14 days.
[3] By a decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union on January 6, 1938, the All-Union Communist Agricultural University named after Ya.
The prominent political activists who lectured at the university included:[4] Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Yakov Sverdlov, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Kalinin, Valerian Kuybyshev, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Nikolai Bukharin.