Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Коммунистическая Партия Советского Союза Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza |
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Leader | Sergey Alexandrov |
Founded | 21 July 2001 |
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Political position | Far-left |
International affiliation |
International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties International Communist Seminar |
Colours | Red |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунистическая Партия Советского Союза, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza; short: КПСС, KPSS) is an organization which split from the Union of Communist Parties — Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 2001 after disagreements between Oleg Shenin and Gennady Zyuganov over the creation of a united Communist Party of the Union of Belarus and Russia. It had been led by Shenin until his death in May 2009.