Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза | |
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| Abbreviation | CPSU |
| General Secretary |
Yelena Stasova (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) |
| Founder | Vladimir Lenin |
| Founded |
January 1912 (as RSDLP(b)) March 1918 (as RCP(b)) December 1925 (as AUCP(b)) October 1952 (as CPSU) |
| Dissolved |
29 August 1991 All-Soviet territory 6 November 1991 RSFSR territory |
| Preceded by | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party |
| Succeeded by | Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
| Newspaper | Pravda |
| Youth wing |
Komsomol Young Pioneers |
| Membership | 19 million (1986) |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism-Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation |
Second International (1912–14)[1] Comintern (1919–43) Cominform (1947–56) |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | "Workers of the world, unite!" |
| Anthem | "The Internationale" |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) |
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| History |
| History of the USSR, Russian Revolution of 1917 (February Revolution, October Revolution), Collapse of the USSR |
| Politics |
| Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Bolshevism, (before 1950s) Marxism–Leninism, Revisionism (after 1956) |
| Economy |
| Economics of the Soviet Union, Five-Year Plans |
| Soviet Republics (from 1956 until dissolution) |
| Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Estonian SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Russian SFSR, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR, Ukrainian SSR, Uzbek SSR |
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was the founding and ruling political party of the Soviet Union.
The party was founded in 1912 by the Bolsheviks, a majority faction detached from the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, who took power in the October Revolution of 1917. After 74 years, it was dissolved on 29 August 1991 on Soviet territory, soon after a failed coup d'état by hard-line CPSU leaders against Soviet president and party general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and was completely outlawed three months later on 6 November 1991 in Russian territory. The remnants of the party reformed after the transition into the Russian Federation into the Communist Part of the Russian Federation (CPRF) led by Gennady Zyuganov.