1920 Tours Congress

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The 1920 Tours Congress was a pivotal gathering of the French socialist movement at which a majority voted to join the Communist International, leading to the creation of the French Communist Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political party congress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Congrès de Tours de 1920 ⓘ
Tours Congress of the SFIO ⓘ
attendedBy delegates of the SFIO ⓘ
opponents of Bolshevism within the SFIO ⓘ
supporters of the Bolshevik Revolution ⓘ
chronology held during the Christmas period of 1920 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endDate 1920-12-30 ⓘ
followedBy formal creation of the French Communist Party in 1920 ⓘ
reorganisation of the remaining SFIO ⓘ
hasEffectOn relationship between French socialism and international communism ⓘ
structure of the French party system ⓘ
ideologicalAlignment Bolshevism ⓘ
ideologicalConflict reformist socialism vs revolutionary communism ⓘ
ideologicalOutcome institutionalisation of a communist current in French politics ⓘ
language French ⓘ
ledTo establishment of a communist party distinct from the SFIO ⓘ
long-term division between socialist and communist parties in France ⓘ
location Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
Indre-et-Loire ⓘ
Tours ⓘ
majorityPosition acceptance of the 21 conditions of the Comintern ⓘ
minorityPosition refusal of unconditional adherence to the Comintern ⓘ
organisedBy French Section of the Workers' International ⓘ
SFIO ⓘ
partOf history of the Communist International ⓘ
history of the French Left ⓘ
history of the French labour movement ⓘ
politicalContext aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
post-World War I France ⓘ
rise of the Communist International ⓘ
precededBy growing influence of the Communist International in Europe ⓘ
internal debates within the SFIO on the Russian Revolution ⓘ
result creation of the French Communist Party ⓘ
division between reformist and revolutionary socialists in France ⓘ
foundation of the Section française de l'Internationale communiste ⓘ
majority vote to join the Communist International ⓘ
marginalisation of the SFIO majority into a minority ⓘ
significance split of the French socialist movement ⓘ
startDate 1920-12-25 ⓘ
topic conditions of the Third International ⓘ
membership in the Communist International ⓘ
strategy of the French socialist movement ⓘ
voteOn adhesion to the Communist International ⓘ

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