Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001)

Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Коммунистическая Партия Советского Союза
Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza
Leader Sergey Alexandrov
Founded 21 July 2001 (2001-07-21)
Headquarters Moscow, Russia
Ideology Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Political position Far-left
International affiliation International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
International Communist Seminar
Colours      Red
Party flag
Website
cpsu.by

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 Union of Communist Parties — Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 2001 after disagreements between Oleg Shenin and Gennady Zyuganov over the creation of a united communist party of the Union of Belarus and Russia.[1] It had been led by Shenin until his death in May 2009.[2]

First Secretaries (leaders)

  • Oleg Shenin (21 July 2001–28 May 2009; as Chairman)
  • Vladimir Berezin (20 March–16 July 2010; as First Secretary)
  • Sergey Alexandrov (acting 21 July 2010; official from 20 November 2010–present)

Members

References

  1. Οι εξελίξεις στην Ενωση Κομμουνιστικών Κομμάτων - ΚΚΣΕ (in Greek). Rizospastis. 11 February 2001. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. Осторожно, товарищи! Очередная провокация! (in Russian). 21 November 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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