Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза, romanized: Soyuz kommunisticheskikh partiy – Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza; СКП–КПСС; UCP–CPSU) is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.[1]

Union of Communist Parties –
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Союз коммунистических партий —
Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза
AbbreviationUCP–CPSU (English)
SKP–KPSS (Russian)
Chairman of the Central CouncilGennady Zyuganov
First Deputy Chairman of the Central CouncilKazbek Taysaev
Secretariat of the Central CouncilPetro Symonenko
Ihar Karpienka
Dmitry Novikov
Juozas Jermalavičius
Igor Makarov
Oleg Khorzhan
Ivan Nikitchuk
Ilgam Gapisov
Marina Kostina
Yevgen Tsarkov
FounderOleg Shenin
Founded26 March 1993 (1993-03-26)
Preceded byCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
NewspaperPravda
Pravda Rossii
Sovetskaya Rossiya
Youth wingMSKO Komsomol
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet patriotism
Internationalism
Anti-revisionism
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
Colours  Red
Slogan"Workers' Power, Socialism, Soviet Union"
(Russian: Власть трудящихся, социализм, Советский Союз»)
Anthem"The Internationale"
Post-Soviet states Upper houses
17 / 283
Post-Soviet states Lower houses
92 / 1,620
Website
skpkpss.ru

Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman since 2001. He replaced Oleg Shenin,[1] who split off a part of the UCP–CPSU as the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union".

Composition of the UPC–CPSU

The structure of the UCP-CPSU consists of 15 communist parties within the former Soviet Union and 3 observer members:[2]

Full members
State Party Election Lower house Upper houseLeader
 Abkhazia[lower-alpha 1] Communist Party of Abkhazia 2017 election
0 / 35
 — Bakur Bebia
 Armenia Armenian Communist Party 2021 election
0 / 132
 — Erjanik Ghazaryan(acting)
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Communist Party[3] 2020 election[lower-alpha 2]
0 / 125
 — Rauf Qurbanov
 Belarus Communist Party of Belarus 2019 election
11 / 110
13 / 64
 Aliaksiej Sokal
 Estonia Communist Party of Estonia Banned vacant
 Georgia Unified Communist Party of Georgia 2020 election
0 / 150
 — Temur Pipia
 Kyrgyzstan Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan 2020 election
1 / 120
(with United Kyrgyzstan)		 — Ishak Masaliev
 Moldova Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova 2021 election
10 / 101
 — Vladimir Voronin
 Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation 2021 election
57 / 450
4 / 170
 Gennady Zyuganov
 South Ossetia[lower-alpha 1] Communist Party of South Ossetia 2019 election
1 / 34
 — Stanislav Kochiev
 Tajikistan Communist Party of Tajikistan 2020 election
2 / 63
 — Shodi Shabdolov
 Transnistria[lower-alpha 1] Pridnestrovie Communist Party 2020 election[lower-alpha 2]
0 / 43
 — Nadezhda Bondarenko
 Turkmenistan Communist Party of Turkmenistan Banned Serdar Rahimow
 Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko
 Uzbekistan Communist Party of Uzbekistan Kaxramon Mahmudov

Observer members
State Party Election Lower house Upper houseLeader
 Donetsk People's Republic[lower-alpha 3] Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic 2014 election[lower-alpha 2]
0 / 100
 — Boris Litvinov
 Kazakhstan People's Party of Kazakhstan 2021 election
10 / 107
0 / 49
 Aiqyn Qongyrov
 Luhansk People's Republic[lower-alpha 3] Union of Communists of Luhansk 2014 election
0 / 50
 —

See also

Notes
  1. Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria are partially or wholly unrecognised states.
  2. Did not participate
  3. The Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic are wholly unrecognised states.

References
  1. March, Luke (2002). The Communist Party in Post-Soviet Russia. Manchester University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780719060441.
  2. "ЦК КПРФ Вестник организационо-партийной и кадровой работы". www.kprf-org.ru. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. "КПА — Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана" (in Russian). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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