| All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks | |
| Native Name: | Всесоюзная Коммунистическая партия большевиков |
| Predecessor: | Bolshevik platform of the CPSU |
| Leader1 Title: | General Secretary |
| Leader1 Name: | V. Zelikov (disputed)[1] Nikolay Degtyarenko (disputed)[2] |
| Founder: | Nina Andreyeva |
| Headquarters: | Saint Petersburg, Russia (the central committee headed by Zelikov) Pyatigorsk, Russia (the central committee headed by Degtyarenko) |
| Newspaper: | Serp i Molot (Sickle and Hammer), Raboche-krest'yanskaya pravda (Workers' and Peasants' Truth) Vpered (Forward) |
| Youth Wing: | All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks |
| Ideology: | Communism Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Bolshevism Anti-revisionism |
| Membership Year: | 2013 |
| Membership: | 22,000 |
| Position: | Far-left |
| Affiliation1 Title: | Continental affiliation |
| International: | World Anti-Imperialist Platform[3] |
| Colours: | Red |
| Slogan: | "Workers of the world, unite!" (Russian: "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!") |
| Anthem: | The Internationale |
| Website: | vkpb.ru |
| Country: | Russia |
The All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (VKPB; Russian: Всесоюзная коммунистическая партия большевиков; ВКПБ; Vsesoyuznaya kommunisticheskaya partiya bolshevikov, VKPB) is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party operating in Russia and other former Soviet states. It was founded in November 1991 and led by Nina Andreyeva, a university teacher who was well known for her 1988 letter "I cannot forsake my principles".
The VKPB has its origins in the "Bolshevik Platform" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The party is known for its sectarian positions, e.g. it opposes the Communist Party of the Russian Federation due to its "reformist" character and has refused to back its candidates for presidential election. It is also an outspoken critic of the Russian church and religion in general demanding the separation of church and state. It is also a critic of Vladimir Putin's regime.[4]
It published a newspaper called Russian: Edinstvo (Russian: Единство), Russian: Bolshevik (Russian: Большевик), Russian: Bolshevik Kavkaza (Russian: Большевик Кавказа), Russian: Bolshevik Stavropol'ja (Russian: Большевик Ставрополья), Russian: Bolshevik Osetii (Russian: Большевик Осетии), Russian: Vpered (Russian: Вперед), Russian: Serp i Molot (Russian: Серп и Молот), Russian: Golos Stalingrada (Russian: Голос Сталинграда) and Russian: Raboche-Krest'janskaja pravda (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская правда). Its youth section is the All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks.
During its history, the party has experienced several splits. Splinters often took similar names.
In 2022, the VKP(b) and VKPB (Sverdlovsk Congress) held a unification congress. The new party was named the Marxist–Leninist Party of Bolsheviks (MLPB) (Russian: Марксистско-ленинская партия большевиков). However, this decision was not made by all the primary organizations of the VKP(b).