Cominform

Central organization of the International Communist Movement (1947–1956) Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties Информационное бюро коммунистических и рабочих партийFounderJoseph StalinFounded5 October 1947Dissolved17 April 1956Preceded byCominternSucceeded byComeconWarsaw PactHeadquartersBelgrade, Yugoslavia (1947–1948)Bucharest, Romania (1948–1956)NewspaperFor a Lasting Peace, for a People's Democracy!IdeologyCommunismMarxism–LeninismStalinismPolitical positionFar-leftColours Red Eastern Bloc Republics of the USSR Armenia Azerbaijan Byelorussia Estonia Georgia Kazakhstan Kirghizia Latvia Lithuania Moldova Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Allied and satellite states Afghanistan (1978–1989) Albania (until 1961) Angola Benin Bulgaria China (until 1961) Congo Cuba Czechoslovakia (until 1989) East Germany (until 1989) Ethiopia (Derg) Grenada (1979–1983) Hungary (until 1989) Kampuchea (State of Cambodia) Laos Mongolia Mozambique North Korea Poland (until 1989) Romania (until 1989) Somalia (until 1977) South Yemen Vietnam (North Vietnam, PRG) Yugoslavia (1945–1948) Related organizations Wars