Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP–CPSU)[lower-alpha 1] is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.[1]
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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; 31 years ago (1993-03-26) |
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 | 21 / 283 |
Post-Soviet states Lower houses | 87 / 2,296 |
Website | |
skpkpss.ru | |
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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".