Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза; СКП–КПСС; UPC–CPSU) is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.[2]
Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза | |
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Leader | Gennady Zyuganov |
Founder | Oleg Shenin |
Founded | 1993 |
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Youth wing | MSKO Komsomol |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Soviet nationalism |
Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
International affiliation | IMCWP[1] |
Colours | Red |
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Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman since 2001. He replaced Oleg Shenin,[2] who split off a part of the UCP–CPSU as the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union".
Composition of the UPC–CPSU
The structure of the UCP-CPSU consists of 18 of the communist parties of the former Soviet Union:[3]
- Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria are partially or wholly unrecognised states.
See also
References
- IMCWP. "Participants List". IMCWP. Retrieved 16 February 2019.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- March, Luke (2002). The Communist Party in Post-Soviet Russia. Manchester University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780719060441.
- "ЦК КПРФ Вестник организационо-партийной и кадровой работы". www.kprf-org.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
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