Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states

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Союз коммунистических партий —
Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза

AbbreviationUCP–CPSU (English)
SKP–KPSS (Russian)Chairman of the Central CouncilGennady ZyuganovFirst Deputy Chairman of the Central CouncilKazbek TaysaevSecretariat of the Central Council

Secretariat

Petro Symonenko
Ihar Karpienka
Dmitry Novikov
Juozas Jermalavičius
Igor Makarov
Oleg Khorzhan
Ivan Nikitchuk
Ilgam Gapisov
Marina Kostina
Yevgen Tsarkov

FounderOleg SheninFounded26 March 1993; 31 years ago (1993-03-26)Preceded byCommunist Party of the Soviet UnionHeadquartersMoscow, RussiaNewspaperPravda
Pravda Rossii
Sovetskaya RossiyaYouth wingMSKO KomsomolIdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet patriotism
Proletarian internationalismPolitical positionFar-leftInternational affiliationIMCWPColours

The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP–CPSU)^[a] is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.^[1]

Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman since 2001. He replaced Oleg Shenin,^[1] who split off a part of the UCP–CPSU as the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union".

Composition of the UPC–CPSU

The structure of the UCP-CPSU consists of 18 communist parties within the former Soviet Union.^[2]

Members

State	Party	Election	Lower house	Upper house	Leader
Abkhazia^[b]	Communist Party of Abkhazia	2022 election	0 / 35	—	Bakur Bebia
Armenia	Armenian Communist Party	2021 election	0 / 132	—	Erjanik Ghazaryan (acting)
Azerbaijan	Communist Party of Azerbaijan^[3]	2020 election^[c]	0 / 125	—	Kurbanov Rauf Muslimovich
Belarus	Communist Party of Belarus	2024 election	7 / 110	17 / 64	Aliaksiej Sokal
Estonia	Communist Party of Estonia	2023 election	Banned in Estonia		vacant
Georgia	Unified Communist Party of Georgia	2020 election	0 / 150	—	Temur Pipia
Kazakhstan	Communist Party of Kazakhstan	2023 election	Banned in Kazakhstan		Toleubek Makhzhanov
Kyrgyzstan	Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan	2021 election	0 / 120	—	Ishak Masaliev
Latvia	League of Communists of Latvia^[4]	2022 election	Banned in Latvia		vacant
Lithuania	Communist Party of Lithuania	2020 election	Banned in Lithuania		vacant
Moldova	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova	2021 election	10 / 101	—	Vladimir Voronin
Russia	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	2021 election	57 / 450	4 / 170	Gennady Zyuganov
South Ossetia^[b]	Communist Party of South Ossetia	2019 election	1 / 34	—	Stanislav Kochiev
Tajikistan	Communist Party of Tajikistan	2020 election	2 / 63	—	Shodi Shabdolov
Transnistria^[b]	Transnistrian Communist Party	2020 election^[c]	0 / 43	—	Nadezhda Bondarenko
Turkmenistan	Communist Party of Turkmenistan	2023 election	Banned in Turkmenistan		Serdar Rahimow
Ukraine	Communist Party of Ukraine	2019 election	Banned in Ukraine		Petro Symonenko
Uzbekistan	Communist Party of Uzbekistan	2020 election	Banned in Uzbekistan		Kaxramon Mahmudov

Notes

^ Russian: Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза, romanized: Soyuz kommunisticheskikh partiy – Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, abbr. СКП–КПСС
^ ^a ^b ^c Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria are partially or wholly unrecognised states.
^ ^a ^b Did not participate

References

^ ^a ^b March, Luke (2002). The Communist Party in Post-Soviet Russia. Manchester University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780719060441.
^ "ЦК КПРФ Вестник организационо-партийной и кадровой работы". www.kprf-org.ru. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^ "КПА — Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана" (in Russian). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Союз Коммунистических партий - КПСС". 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2023.