Seventh World Congress of the Communist International

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The Seventh World Congress of the Communist International was the 1935 gathering in Moscow where the Comintern adopted the Popular Front strategy, calling for broad alliances against fascism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Comintern congress
event in the history of communism
international political conference
world congress
aimedAt defense of the Soviet Union
organizing resistance to fascism
associatedWith Stalinist foreign policy shift
attendedBy delegates of communist parties from many countries
chairperson Georgi Dimitrov NERFINISHED
chronologicalOrder 7
context Nazi rule in Germany
rise of fascist regimes in Europe
threat of another world war
country Soviet Union
documentedIn published proceedings of the Seventh World Congress of the Communist International
endTime 1935-08-20
followedBy no subsequent World Congress of the Communist International
heldDuring Stalin era in the Soviet Union
hostOrganization Executive Committee of the Communist International NERFINISHED
ideology Marxism–Leninism
introducedConcept Popular Front NERFINISHED
keyFigure Dmitry Manuilsky NERFINISHED
Dolores Ibárruri NERFINISHED
Georgi Dimitrov NERFINISHED
Maurice Thorez NERFINISHED
Palmiro Togliatti NERFINISHED
Wilhelm Pieck NERFINISHED
languageOfProceedings English
French
German
Russian
location Moscow
mainResolution adoption of the Popular Front strategy
officialName Seventh World Congress of the Communist International NERFINISHED
organizedBy Communist International NERFINISHED
partOf series of World Congresses of the Communist International
pointInTime 1935
politicalLine broad alliances against fascism
cooperation between communist and social democratic parties
unity of working class parties
precededBy Sixth World Congress of the Communist International NERFINISHED
shortName Seventh Comintern Congress NERFINISHED
significance influenced strategies of communist parties worldwide
marked a shift from the Third Period line to the Popular Front line
startTime 1935-07-25
topic defense of peace and struggle against war
role of colonial and semi-colonial countries
strategy against fascism
united front and Popular Front tactics

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Third International notableEvent Seventh World Congress of the Communist International