Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Union of Communist Parties –  Communist Party of the Soviet Union Союз коммунистических партий — Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза  | |
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| Abbreviation | UCP–CPSU (English) SKP–KPSS (Russian)  | 
| Chairman of the Central Council | Gennady Zyuganov | 
| First Deputy Chairman of the Central Council | Kazbek Taysaev | 
| Secretariat of the Central Council | Secretariat 
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| Founder | Oleg Shenin | 
| Founded | 26 March 1993 | 
| Preceded by | 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  | 
| Political position | Far-left | 
| International affiliation | IMCWP | 
| Colours | Red | 
| Slogan | "Workers' Power, Socialism, Soviet Union" (Russian: Власть трудящихся, социализм, Советский Союз»)  | 
| Anthem | |
| Post-Soviet states Upper houses | 5 / 283  | 
| Post-Soviet states Lower houses | 77 / 2,296  | 
| Website | |
| skpkpss.ru | |
The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP–CPSU)[a] 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
See also
- All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (1991)
 - All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1995)
 - Communist Party of the Soviet Union
 - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1992)
 - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001)
 - Essence of Time
 
Notes
- ^ Russian: Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза, romanized: Soyuz kommunisticheskikh partiy – Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, abbr. СКП–КПСС
 - ^ a b c Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria are partially or wholly unrecognised states.
 - ^ a b Did not participate
 
References
- ^ a b March, Luke (2002). The Communist Party in Post-Soviet Russia. Manchester University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780719060441.
 - ^ "ЦК КПРФ Вестник организационо-партийной и кадровой работы". www.kprf-org.ru. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
 - ^ "КПА — Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана" (in Russian). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
 - ^ "Союз Коммунистических партий - КПСС". 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
 
