Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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political party ruling party

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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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Communist Party of the Soviet Union canonical 428
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 51
Communist Party 5

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
ruling party ⓘ
abbreviation Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: КПСС
associatedWithEvent August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ
Brezhnev stagnation ⓘ
Great Purge ⓘ
de-Stalinization ⓘ
surface form: Khrushchev Thaw

Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: October 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 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: 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 of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: 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 of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Central Committee
legalStatus banned in 1991 in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
membershipPeak over 19 million members ⓘ
membershipPeakYear 1980s ⓘ
nativeName Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза
paramilitaryWing Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (in early years closely linked)
partyNewspaper Pravda ⓘ
partySystemRole vanguard party ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
precededBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
renamed Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1925

Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1952 ⓘ
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1918
secretariat Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee ⓘ
shortName Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CPSU
stateDoctrine democratic centralism ⓘ
successor Communist Party of the Russian Federation (as main Russian communist successor) ⓘ
symbol hammer and sickle ⓘ
youthWing Komsomol ⓘ

Referenced by (506)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph Stalin → memberOf → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Joseph Stalin → memberOf → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bolsheviks
Soviet Union → rulingParty → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Union → foundedBy → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bolsheviks
General Secretary of the Communist Party → partOf → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party → controlledOrganization → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: General Secretary of the 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 → Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPSU
Communist Party of the Soviet Union → nativeName → Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза
Communist Party of the Soviet Union → abbreviation → Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: КПСС
Communist Party of the Soviet Union → precededBy → Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Communist Party of the Soviet Union → renamed → Communist Party of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1925
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 → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
1937 Soviet legislative election → rulingPartyAfterElection → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
1937 Soviet legislative election → rulingPartyBeforeElection → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
1937 Soviet legislative election → allowedParties → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
1937 Soviet legislative election → controlledBy → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Alexey Stakhanov → associatedWith → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Communist Party
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 of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Communist Party
Chinese Communist Party → influencedBy → Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Communist Party
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 Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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 ⓘ