Russian Communist Workers Party
The Russian Communist Workers' Party (in Russian: Российская Коммунистическая Рабочая Партия; transcription: Rossiiskaja Kommunističeskaja Rabočaja Partija or RKRP) was a communist party in Russia. It was established in November 1991 with the aim of resurrecting socialism and the Soviet Union. It published a newspaper called Trudovaja Rossija (Трудовая Россия; Working People's Russia) and the journal Sovetskij Sojuz (Советский Союз; Soviet Union).
Russian Communist Workers Party Российская коммунистическая рабочая партия | |
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| Abbreviation | RCWP (English) РКРП (Russian) |
| Leader | Viktor Anpilov Viktor Tyulkin |
| Founded | November 23, 1991 |
| Dissolved | October 27, 2001 |
| Preceded by | Marxist platform of the CPSU Movement of the Communist Initiative |
| Succeeded by | Labour Russia (1995) Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Headquarters | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Newspaper | Labour Russia |
| Youth wing | Revolutionary Communist Youth League (Bolshevik) |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Stalinism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties International Communist Seminar |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | "Workers of the world, unite!" (Russian: "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!") |
| Anthem | "The Internationale" |
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| Website | |
| rkrp.ru | |
History
In February 1993, it was one of a number of Bolshevik groups invited to a conference at which the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) was established. However, RKRP leader Viktor Anpilov joined with All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks leader Nina Andreyeva in rejecting the KPRF as reformist and refused to join the new movement.[1] Despite Anpilov's stance, much of the party's membership, including the entirety of the organisation in RKRP stronghold Kemerovo, defected to the KPRF soon after its establishment.[1] The party was one of a number of groups barred from taking part in the 1993 Duma elections because they were linked, or perceived to be linked, to the October insurgency of that same year.[2]
In October 2001, it merged with the Russian Party of Communists to form the Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists.
References
- Richard Sakwa (1996). Russian Politics and Society. Routledge. p. 85
- Sakwa. Russian Politics and Society. p. 106.