The Far Eastern Bureau of the Communist International was an organ of the
Communist International
The Communist International (Comintern), also known as the Third International, was a Soviet-controlled international organization founded in 1919 that advocated world communism. The Comintern resolved at its Second Congress to "struggle by a ...
established in 1921 to develop their political influence in the
Far East
The ''Far East'' was a European term to refer to the geographical regions that includes East and Southeast Asia as well as the Russian Far East to a lesser extent. South Asia is sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.
The ter ...
. The name was used in subsequent years, but the continuity of the organisation cannot be proven.
The organisation was originally founded as the Far Eastern Bureau of the
Russian Communist Party Communist Party of Russia might refer to:
* Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, founded in 1898 – the forerunner of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
* Communist Party of the Soviet Union, formally established in 1912 and known origina ...
, when the central committee of that organisation sent
Vladimir Vilensky-Sibiryakov
Vladimir Dmitrievich Vilensky-Sibiryakov (russian: Влади́мир Дми́триевич Виле́нский-Сибиряко́в; 8 July 1888 – 2 July 1942) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and political activist involved in the Russ ...
to Siberia as
plenipotentiary
A ''plenipotentiary'' (from the Latin ''plenus'' "full" and ''potens'' "powerful") is a diplomat who has full powers—authorization to sign a treaty or convention on behalf of his or her sovereign. When used as a noun more generally, the word ...
for Far Eastern Affairs.
Grigori Voitinsky
Grigori Naumovich Voitinsky, born Zarkhin (; 17 April 1893 – 11 June 1953) was a Soviet Comintern official. He was sent to China in 1920 as a senior advisor to contact the top prominent Chinese communists such as Chen Duxiu, just before the for ...
was soon sent to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, where he supported the foundation of the
Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...
.
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Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat
The Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat (PPTUS) was a regional subdivision of the Profintern, Red International of Labor Unions (RILU, commonly known as the Profintern), the trade union organization associated with the Communist International. Est ...
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Communist University of the Toilers of the East
The Communist University of the Toilers of the East (KUTV) (russian: link=no, Коммунистический университет трудящихся Востока; also known as the Far East University) was a revolutionary training scho ...
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Moscow Sun Yat-sen University
Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, officially the Sun Yat-sen Communist University of the Toilers of China, was a Comintern school, which operated from 1925–1930 in the city of Moscow, Russia, then the Soviet Union. It was a training camp for ...
Comintern
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