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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Semyon Ignatyev memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet ministries and departments subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CPSU Charter appliesTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Sergei Biryuzov memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Sergey Mikhalkov politicalAffiliation Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet state security organs loyalTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Andrei Bubnov memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Nikolai Krestinsky memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
1st Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party relatedTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Congresses of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) organisedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Yazov memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Dmitry Yazov
Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Andrei Grechko
Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions appointedWithApprovalOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Communist Party of the Soviet Union leadership
Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow operatedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Lukyanov memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Anatoly Lukyanov
Soviet military–industrial complex governedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet military-industrial commission politicalAlignment Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Valentin Glushko memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Latvian Popular Front opposedOrganization Communist Party of the Soviet Union
State Publishing House (Gosizdat) controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Left Opposition in the Soviet Union partOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Left Opposition in the Soviet Union membersExpelledFrom Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Bolshevik Party debates of the 1920s hasParticipant Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Soviet thermonuclear weapons program oversightBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Democratic Russia opposedParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of Ukraine partOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of Ukraine subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR governingPartyInfluence Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Andrei Grechko memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Viktor Chernomyrdin memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Gorky governedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Semyon Lavochkin memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Brezhnev family associatedWithPoliticalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of Moldavia partOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of Moldavia subdivisionOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet scientific community controlBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet state art institutions controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR deFactoControlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic associatedWith Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Komi ASSR subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Komi ASSR politicalAlignment Communist Party of the Soviet Union