Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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]

Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union Союз коммунистических партий — Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза
Abbreviation	UCP–CPSU (English) SKP–KPSS (Russian)
Chairman of the Central Council	Gennady Zyuganov
First Deputy Chairman of the Central Council	Kazbek Taysaev
Secretariat 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
Founder	Oleg Shenin
Founded	26 March 1993; 31 years ago (1993-03-26)
Preceded by	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Newspaper	Pravda Pravda Rossii Sovetskaya Rossiya
Youth wing	MSKO Komsomol
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism Proletarian internationalism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	IMCWP
Colours	Red
Slogan	"Workers' Power, Socialism, Soviet Union" (Russian: Власть трудящихся, социализм, Советский Союз»)
Anthem	"The Internationale" (Интернациона́л)
Post-Soviet states Upper houses	21 / 283
Post-Soviet states Lower houses	87 / 2,296
Website
skpkpss.ru
Politics of the Soviet Union Political parties Elections Politics of Russia Political parties Elections

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".