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Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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Union of Communist Parties –
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Союз коммунистических партий —
Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза
AbbreviationUCP–CPSU (English)
SKP–KPSS (Russian)
Chairman of the Central CouncilGennady Zyuganov
First Deputy Chairman of the Central CouncilKazbek Taysaev
Secretariat of the Central Council
Secretariat
FounderOleg Shenin
Founded26 March 1993; 31 years ago (1993-03-26)
Preceded byCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
NewspaperPravda
Pravda Rossii
Sovetskaya Rossiya
Youth wingMSKO Komsomol
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet patriotism
Proletarian internationalism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationIMCWP
Colours  Red
Slogan"Workers' Power, Socialism, Soviet Union"
(Russian: Власть трудящихся, социализм, Советский Союз»)
Anthem
"The Internationale"
(Интернациона́л)
Post-Soviet states Upper houses
21 / 283
Post-Soviet states Lower houses
87 / 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

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The structure of the UCP-CPSU consists of 18 communist parties within the former Soviet Union.[2]

Members

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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
7 / 110
17 / 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
1 / 34
 — Stanislav Kochiev
 Tajikistan Communist Party of Tajikistan 2020 election
2 / 63
 — Shodi Shabdolov
 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Russian: Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза, romanized: Soyuz kommunisticheskikh partiy – Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, abbr. СКП–КПСС
  2. ^ a b c Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria are partially or wholly unrecognised states.
  3. ^ a b Did not participate

References

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  1. ^ a b March, Luke (2002). The Communist Party in Post-Soviet Russia. Manchester University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780719060441.
  2. ^ "ЦК КПРФ Вестник организационо-партийной и кадровой работы". www.kprf-org.ru. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. ^ "КПА — Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана" (in Russian). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Союз Коммунистических партий - КПСС". 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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