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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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

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Arkady Rosengolts politicalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
glasnost appliesTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Glasnost
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Hungarian Communist Party alliedWith Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Aleksandr Pokryshkin memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Kirov memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet Socialist Republics rulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet television controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Иван Кожедуб член партии Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: КПСС
Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Gosbank subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Gosbank controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
First Chief Directorate of the KGB controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Manfred Stern affiliation Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Communist Party
Union of Soviet Writers subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
First Congress of Soviet Writers sponsor Communist Party of the Soviet Union
On the Syndicalist and Anarchist Deviation in Our Party associatedWith Communist Party of the Soviet Union
GlavPUR subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Viktor Abakumov memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Filipp Golikov memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Sergey Gorshkov memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet leadership collective under Nikita Khrushchev politicalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Bulganin memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Nikolai Bulganin
Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR dominantParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Hymn of the Bolshevik Party associatedWith Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Constitution of the RSFSR (1925) enshrinesLeadingRoleOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Communist Party
Constitution of the RSFSR (1937) declaresLeadingRoleOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Communist Party
Flag of the Soviet Union symbolizesStar Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Communist Party
Flag of the Soviet Union associatedWith Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union Pavel Batitsky memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Pavel Batitsky
Soviet–Ukrainian friendship promotedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Main Personnel Directorate controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Chechen-Ingush ASSR rulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Koldunov memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Alexander Koldunov
Postyshev memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Pavel Postyshev
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Postyshev employer Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Pavel Postyshev
First Secretary of the Kharkiv Regional Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine partOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
First Secretary of the Kharkiv Regional Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine politicalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Mikhail Kaganovich memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Mikhail Kaganovich politicalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Dagestan ASSR rulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Valeriya Golubtsova politicalAlignment Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement parentOrganization Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Sydir Kovpak memberOfPoliticalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union