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
|
| 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 | |
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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
| State | Party | Election | Lower house | Upper house | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Abkhazia[b]
|
Communist Party of Abkhazia | 2022 election | 0 / 35
|
— | Bakur Bebia |
 Armenia
|
Armenian Communist Party | 2021 election | 0 / 132
|
— | Erjanik Ghazaryan (acting) |
 Azerbaijan
|
Communist Party of Azerbaijan[3] | 2024 election[c] | 0 / 125
|
— | Kurbanov Rauf Muslimovich |
 Belarus
|
Communist Party of Belarus | 2024 election (lower, upper) | 7 / 110
|
1 / 64
|
Aliaksiej Sokal |
 Estonia
|
Communist Party of Estonia | 2023 election | Banned in Estonia | vacant | |
 Georgia
|
Unified Communist Party of Georgia | 2024 election | 0 / 150
|
— | Temur Pipia |
 Kazakhstan
|
Communist Party of Kazakhstan | 2023 election | Banned in Kazakhstan | Toleubek Makhzhanov | |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan | 2021 election | 0 / 120
|
— | Ishak Masaliev |
 Latvia
|
League of Communists of Latvia[4] | 2022 election | Banned in Latvia | vacant | |
 Lithuania
|
Communist Party of Lithuania | 2024 election | Banned in Lithuania | vacant | |
 Moldova
|
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova | 2021 election | 10 / 101
|
— | Vladimir Voronin |
 Russia
|
Communist Party of the Russian Federation | 2021 election | 57 / 450
|
4 / 170
|
Gennady Zyuganov |
 South Ossetia[b]
|
Communist Party of South Ossetia | 2024 election | 3 / 34
|
— | Stanislav Kochiev |
 Tajikistan
|
Communist Party of Tajikistan | 2025 election | 0 / 63
|
— | Shodi Shabdolov |
.svg.png){kind=spacer} Transnistria[b]
|
Transnistrian Communist Party | 2020 election[c] | 0 / 43
|
— | Nadezhda Bondarenko |
 Turkmenistan
|
Communist Party of Turkmenistan | 2023 election | Banned in Turkmenistan | Serdar Rahimow | |
 Ukraine
|
Communist Party of Ukraine | 2019 election | Banned in Ukraine | Petro Symonenko | |
 Uzbekistan
|
Communist Party of Uzbekistan | 2024 election | Banned in Uzbekistan | Kaxramon Mahmudov | |
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.