Seventh World Congress of the Communist International

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The Seventh World Congress of the Communist International was the 1935 gathering in Moscow where the Comintern adopted the Popular Front strategy, calling for broad alliances against fascism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Comintern congress ⓘ
event in the history of communism ⓘ
international political conference ⓘ
world congress ⓘ
aimedAt defense of the Soviet Union ⓘ
organizing resistance to fascism ⓘ
associatedWith Stalinist foreign policy shift ⓘ
attendedBy delegates of communist parties from many countries ⓘ
chairperson Georgi Dimitrov ⓘ
chronologicalOrder 7 ⓘ
context Nazi rule in Germany ⓘ
rise of fascist regimes in Europe ⓘ
threat of another world war ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
documentedIn published proceedings of the Seventh World Congress of the Communist International ⓘ
endTime 1935-08-20 ⓘ
followedBy no subsequent World Congress of the Communist International ⓘ
heldDuring Stalin era in the Soviet Union ⓘ
hostOrganization Executive Committee of the Communist International ⓘ
linked to: Comintern
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
introducedConcept Popular Front ⓘ
keyFigure Dmitry Manuilsky ⓘ
Dolores Ibárruri ⓘ
Georgi Dimitrov ⓘ
Maurice Thorez ⓘ
Palmiro Togliatti ⓘ
Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
location Moscow ⓘ
mainResolution adoption of the Popular Front strategy ⓘ
officialName Seventh World Congress of the Communist International ⓘ
organizedBy Communist International ⓘ
linked to: Comintern
partOf series of World Congresses of the Communist International ⓘ
pointInTime 1935 ⓘ
politicalLine broad alliances against fascism ⓘ
cooperation between communist and social democratic parties ⓘ
unity of working class parties ⓘ
precededBy Sixth World Congress of the Communist International ⓘ
shortName Seventh Comintern Congress ⓘ
significance influenced strategies of communist parties worldwide ⓘ
marked a shift from the Third Period line to the Popular Front line ⓘ
startTime 1935-07-25 ⓘ
topic defense of peace and struggle against war ⓘ
role of colonial and semi-colonial countries ⓘ
strategy against fascism ⓘ
united front and Popular Front tactics ⓘ

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Third International → notableEvent → Seventh World Congress of the Communist International ⓘ
Seventh World Congress of the Communist International → officialName → Seventh World Congress of the Communist International ⓘ
Seventh World Congress of the Communist International → shortName → Seventh Comintern Congress ⓘ
linked to: Seventh World Congress of the Communist International