Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001)

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]

For other parties of this name, see Communist Party of the Soviet Union (disambiguation).
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Коммунистическая Партия Советского Союза
Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza
LeaderSergey Alexandrov
Founded21 July 2001 (2001-07-21)
Split fromUnion of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Political positionFar-left
European affiliationINITIATIVE
International affiliationIMCWP
ICS (defunct)
Colours  Red
Party flag
Website
cpsu.by

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

[a] Note that there are two parties named "Communist Party of Azerbaijan". They are completely different parties, with completely different leaders. One is a member of the "Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union", while the other one is a member of the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001)".

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.
  3. Partiyası, Azərbaycan Kommunist; info@azkp.org, azkp org. "Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası". azkp.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.


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