Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the ruling Marxist–Leninist political party that dominated the government and society of the Soviet Union from its founding after the Russian Revolution until its dissolution in 1991.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
ruling party
abbreviation КПСС
associatedWithEvent August 1991 Soviet coup attempt
Brezhnev stagnation
Great Purge
Khrushchev Thaw
linked to: de-Stalinization

October Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution

Russian Civil War
collectivization in the Soviet Union
de-Stalinization
glasnost
perestroika
bannedBy Boris Yeltsin (as President of the RSFSR) in 1991
childrenWing Young Pioneers
constitutionalRole leading and guiding force of Soviet society and the nucleus of its political system
constitutionalRoleAdopted 1977 Soviet Constitution
controlOverSociety dominated political, economic, and social life of the Soviet Union
controlOverState dominated government of the Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
deFactoStatus only legal party in the Soviet Union for most of its existence
dissolved 1991
executiveOrgan Politburo
flag red flag with hammer and sickle and star
founded 1912
foundedAs Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
founder Vladimir Lenin
headquarters Moscow
highestBody Party Congress
ideology Marxism–Leninism
influenced communist parties worldwide
internationalAffiliation Cominform (from 1947 to 1956)
Comintern (until 1943)
keyFigure Joseph Stalin
Konstantin Chernenko
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Yuri Andropov
leaderTitle General Secretary of the Central Committee
leadingOrgan Central Committee
legalStatus banned in 1991 in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
membershipPeak over 19 million members
membershipPeakYear 1980s
nativeName Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза
paramilitaryWing Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (in early years closely linked)
linked to: Red Army
partyNewspaper Pravda
partySystemRole vanguard party
politicalPosition far-left
precededBy All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
renamed All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1925
Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1952
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1918
secretariat Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee
shortName CPSU
stateDoctrine democratic centralism
successor Communist Party of the Russian Federation (as main Russian communist successor)
symbol hammer and sickle
youthWing Komsomol

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Joseph Stalin memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin memberOf Bolsheviks
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union rulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union foundedBy Bolsheviks
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union partOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union controlledOrganization Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union shortName CPSU
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union nativeName Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union abbreviation КПСС
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union precededBy All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union renamed All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1925
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Marxism–Leninism associatedWith Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Kremlin Wall Necropolis associatedWith Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Great Purge organizedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union governedByParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Nadezhda Alliluyeva employer Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Nadezhda Alliluyeva memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Putin memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union enshrinedRoleOfParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1937 Soviet legislative election dominantParty All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1937 Soviet legislative election rulingPartyAfterElection All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1937 Soviet legislative election rulingPartyBeforeElection All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1937 Soviet legislative election allowedParties All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1937 Soviet legislative election controlledBy All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alexey Stakhanov associatedWith Soviet Communist Party
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Young Pioneers politicalAlignment Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet military officers governedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet military officers requiredMembership Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet military officers hadOathTo Communist Party
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Chinese Communist Party influencedBy Soviet Communist Party
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
KGB allegiance Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union primaryAuthoritativeBody Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1989 Soviet legislative election mainRulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Polish United Workers' Party influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Polish Committee of National Liberation influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Russian SFSR rulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Russian SFSR rulingParty Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Aleksandr Vasilevsky memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Brezhnev stagnation politicalPartyInPower Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Pravda publisher Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Pravda officialNewspaperOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Pravda controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Pravda ownedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Pravda ceasedToBeOfficialOrganOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet High Command subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Andrey Yeremenko memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Komsomol parentOrganization Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Komsomol controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union