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Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001)

Summary

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунистическая Партия Советского Союза, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza; short: КПСС, KPSS) is an organization which split from the Union of Communist Parties — Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 2001 after disagreements between Oleg Shenin and Gennady Zyuganov over the creation of a united communist party of the Union of Belarus and Russia.[1] It had been led by Shenin until his death in May 2009.[2]

Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Коммунистическая Партия Советского Союза
Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza
LeaderSergey Alexandrov
Founded21 July 2001 (2001-07-21)
Split fromUnion of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Political positionFar-left
European affiliationINITIATIVE (defunct)
International affiliationIMCWP
ICS (defunct)
Colours  Red
Party flag
Website
cpsu.by

Leaders edit

  • Oleg Shenin (21 July 2001 – 28 May 2009; as Chairman)
  • Vladimir Berezin (20 March–16 July 2010; as First Secretary)
  • Sergey Alexandrov (acting 21 July 2010; official from 20 November 2010–present)

Members edit

Party State
  United Communist Party of Armenia   Armenia
  Communist Party of Azerbaijan[3][a]   Azerbaijan
  Republican Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus   Belarus
  Communist Party of Estonia   Estonia
  New Communist Party of Georgia   Georgia
  Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan   Kyrgyzstan
  Socialist People's Front   Lithuania
  Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union   Russia
  Party of Communists of the Republic of South Ossetia   South Ossetia[b]
  Socialist Party of Latvia   Latvia
  1. ^ Note that there are two parties named "Communist Party of Azerbaijan". They are completely different parties, with completely different leaders. One is a member of the "Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union", while the other one is a member of the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001)".
  2. ^ South Ossetia is a partially recognized state.

References edit

  1. ^ Οι εξελίξεις στην Ενωση Κομμουνιστικών Κομμάτων - ΚΚΣΕ (in Greek). Rizospastis. 11 February 2001. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. ^ Осторожно, товарищи! Очередная провокация! (in Russian). 21 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  3. ^ Partiyası, Azərbaycan Kommunist; info@azkp.org, azkp org. "Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası". azkp.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.

External links edit

  • Official website