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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Generate an image of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Joseph Stalin → memberOf → Bolsheviks ⓘ
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Soviet Union → rulingParty → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Union → foundedBy → Bolsheviks ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union → nativeName → Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза ⓘ
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union → abbreviation → КПСС ⓘ
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union → precededBy → All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union → renamed → All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1925 ⓘ
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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) ⓘ
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1937 Soviet legislative election → rulingPartyAfterElection → All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
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1937 Soviet legislative election → rulingPartyBeforeElection → All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
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1937 Soviet legislative election → controlledBy → All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
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Alexey Stakhanov → associatedWith → Soviet Communist Party ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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Chinese Communist Party → influencedBy → Soviet Communist Party ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ