The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (russian: Коммунистическая Партия Советского Союза, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza; short: КПСС, KPSS) is an organization which split from the
in 2001 after disagreements between
Oleg Shenin
Oleg Semyonovich Shenin (russian: Олег Семёнович Шенин, link=no; 2 July 1937 – 28 May 2009) was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Shenin), which should not be confused with the larger UCP-CPSU.
Shen ...
and
Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as ...
over the creation of a united
communist party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
of the
Union of Belarus and Russia. It had been led by Shenin until his death in May 2009.
Leaders
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Oleg Shenin
Oleg Semyonovich Shenin (russian: Олег Семёнович Шенин, link=no; 2 July 1937 – 28 May 2009) was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Shenin), which should not be confused with the larger UCP-CPSU.
Shen ...
(21 July 2001 – 28 May 2009; as Chairman)
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Vladimir Berezin (20 March–16 July 2010; as First Secretary)
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Sergey Alexandrov (acting 21 July 2010; official from 20 November 2010–present)
Members
References
External links
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Official website
2001 establishments in Russia
Communism in Tajikistan
Communism in Transnistria
Communism in Uzbekistan
Communist parties in Armenia
Communist parties in Azerbaijan
Communist parties in Belarus
Communist parties in Estonia
Communist parties in Georgia (country)
Communist parties in Kazakhstan
Communist parties in Kyrgyzstan
Communist parties in Lithuania
Communist parties in Russia
Communist parties in Ukraine Parties
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . P ...
Left-wing political party alliances
Neo-Sovietism
Neo-Stalinist organizations
Political parties established in 2001
Political parties in South Ossetia
Political parties in Tajikistan
Political parties in Transnistria
Political parties in Uzbekistan
Transnational political parties
International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties
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