Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union explained

Union of Communist Parties –
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Native Name Lang:ru
Abbreviation:UCP–CPSU (English)
SKP–KPSS (Russian)
Leader1 Title:Chairman of the Central Council
Leader1 Name:Gennady Zyuganov
Leader2 Title:First Deputy Chairman of the Central Council
Leader2 Name:Kazbek Taysaev
Leader3 Title:Secretariat of the Central Council
Founder:Oleg Shenin
Predecessor:Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Headquarters:Moscow, Russia
Newspaper:Pravda
Pravda Rossii
Sovetskaya Rossiya
Youth Wing:MSKO Komsomol
Ideology:Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet patriotism
Proletarian internationalism
Position:Far-left
Colours: Red
Slogan:"Workers' Power, Socialism, Soviet Union"
Seats1 Title:Post-Soviet states Upper houses
Seats2 Title:Post-Soviet states Lower houses
International:IMCWP
Website:skpkpss.ru
Country:the Soviet Union
Country2:Russia

The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP–CPSU) is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.[1]

Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman since 2001. He replaced Oleg Shenin,[1] 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 communist parties within the former Soviet Union.[2]

Members

StatePartyElectionLower houseUpper houseLeader
Communist Party of Abkhazia2022 electionBakur Bebia
ArmeniaArmenian Communist Party2021 electionErjanik Ghazaryan (acting)
AzerbaijanCommunist Party of Azerbaijan[3] 2020 electionKurbanov Rauf Muslimovich
BelarusCommunist Party of Belarus2024 electionAliaksiej Sokal
EstoniaCommunist Party of Estonia2023 electionBanned in Estoniavacant
GeorgiaUnified Communist Party of Georgia2020 electionTemur Pipia
KazakhstanCommunist Party of Kazakhstan2023 electionBanned in KazakhstanToleubek Makhzhanov
KyrgyzstanParty of Communists of Kyrgyzstan2021 electionIshak Masaliev
League of Communists of Latvia[4] 2022 electionBanned in Latviavacant
Communist Party of Lithuania2020 electionBanned in Lithuaniavacant
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova2021 electionVladimir Voronin
Communist Party of the Russian Federation2021 electionGennady Zyuganov
Communist Party of South Ossetia2024 electionStanislav Kochiev
TajikistanCommunist Party of Tajikistan2020 electionShodi Shabdolov
Transnistrian Communist Party2020 electionNadezhda Bondarenko
TurkmenistanCommunist Party of Turkmenistan2023 electionBanned in TurkmenistanSerdar Rahimow
UkraineCommunist Party of Ukraine2019 electionBanned in UkrainePetro Symonenko
UzbekistanCommunist Party of Uzbekistan2020 electionBanned in UzbekistanKaxramon Mahmudov

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: March, Luke. The Communist Party in Post-Soviet Russia. 2002. Manchester University Press. 9780719060441. 20. en.
  2. Web site: ЦК КПРФ Вестник организационо-партийной и кадровой работы. www.kprf-org.ru. 31 May 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171008000906/http://www.kprf-org.ru/archiv/vestnik120/vestnik120_2.html. 8 October 2017.
  3. Web site: КПА — Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана. 12 June 2021. ru-RU.
  4. Web site: 2012-10-31 . Союз Коммунистических партий - КПСС . 2023-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121031154831/http://www.rso-kprf.ru/party/98/ . 31 October 2012 .