Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001)

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
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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]

Background

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, various communist organizations re-emerged in former Soviet republics.[3] As such, a 29th congress of the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union" (UCP-CPSU) was held from March 26-27 1993.[3] The organization simultaneous presented itself as the organizational successor to the CPSU, as well as a coordinating body for post-independence communist parties.[3] The organization was led by Oleg Shenin, a principal conspirator in the 1991 Soviet coup attempt.[3][4]

Shenin wanted the group to develop into the nucleus of an all-Union communist party that would possess centralized discipline, a common political line and authority over its national organizations.[5] Gennady Zyuganov, and the leadership of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), however, favored retaining its status as a loose coordinating body.[6]

Shenin and the UCP-CPSU plenum authorized on January 29, 2000, the merger between the CPRF and the Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) into a unified Union State communist party.[5] On 15 July 2000 the Communist Party of the Union of Russia and Belarus held its founding congress and elected Shenin as its chairman.[7] However, Zyuganov and the CPRF rejected this merger, insisting that Shenin had acted without proper authorization and his actions where null and void.[7] The CPB also refused to approve this merger, which Shenin claimed was due to pressure from the CPRF.[5]

Shenin survived a vote of no confidence on 28 October 2000 before calling the 32nd Congress of the UCP-CPSU on 15 January 2001 during which, on 20 January, Shenin was removed from office and Zyuganov elected in his place.[5] Shenin, meanwhile, rejected this, arguing that the 32nd Congress never reached quorum and therefore his removal was invalid.[5][3]

Leaders

  • 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

Party State Source
  Communist Party of Abkhazia Abkhazia[a] [8]
  United Communist Party of Armenia Armenia
  Communist Party of Azerbaijan[9][b] Azerbaijan [8]
  Republican Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus Belarus [8]
  Communist Party of Estonia Estonia [8]
  New Communist Party of Georgia Georgia [8]
  Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan [8]
  Socialist Party of Latvia Latvia [8]
  Socialist People's Front Lithuania
  Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Russia [8]
  Communist Party of Transnistria Transnistria[c]
  Party of Workers and Villages of Ukraine Ukraine [8]

Former members

Party years State Note Source
  Party of Communists of the Republic of South Ossetia 2001-2004 South Ossetia[d] Splinter from the Communist Party of South Ossetia, liquidated in 2004 after declaring bankruptcy [8]
  Pavlodar regional committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan 1991-2015 Kazakhstan Communist Party of Kazakhstan banned in 2015 [8]
  Union of Communists of Ukraine 1992-2015 Ukraine Banner per Ukraine's 2015 decommunization law [8]
  1. ↑ Abkhazia is a partially recognized state.
  2. ↑ 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)".
  3. ↑ Transnistria is a partially recognized state.
  4. ↑ South Ossetia is a partially recognized state.

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Основные программные цели и идейные принципы". skpkpss.ru. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Q+A: What was the hardline Soviet coup attempt in 1991?". Reuters. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "ДОКЛАД ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЯ СОВЕТА СКП-КПСС О. С. ШЕНИНА НА ЧРЕЗВЫЧАЙНОМ XXXII CЪЕЗДЕ СКП-КПСС". cpsu.by. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Synovitz, Ron. "What Happened To The August 1991 Soviet Coup Plotters?". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Лентапедия". lenta.ru. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Информационное сообщение о XXXII (чрезвычайном) съезде СКП-КПСС". cpsu.by. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Partiyası, Azərbaycan Kommunist; info@azkp.org, azkp org. "Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası". azkp.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
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