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|fullname = Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |fullname = Communist Party of the Soviet Union | ||
|alias = CPSU | |alias = CPSU | ||
|origin = St. Petersburg, Russia | |origin = St. Petersburg, Russia | ||
|foundation = January | |foundation = January 1912 | ||
|dissolution = | |dissolution = August 29, 1991 | ||
|headquarters = Moscow, Russia | |headquarters = Moscow, Russia | ||
|commanders = [[Vladimir Lenin]] ( | |commanders = [[Vladimir Lenin]] (1917 - 1921)<br>[[Vyacheslav Molotov]] (1921 - 1922)<br[[Joseph Stalin]] (1922 - 1952)<br>[[Nikita Khrushchev]] (1953 - 1964)<br>[[Leonid Brezhnev]] (1964 - 1982)<br>[[Yuri Andropov]] (1982 - 1984)<br>[[Konstantin Chernenko]] (1984 - 1985)<br>[[wikipedia:Mikhail Gorbachev|Mikhail Gorbachev]] (1985 - 1991) | ||
|agents = | |agents = [[Lazar Kaganovich]]<br>[[Stanislav Kosior]]<br>[[Lavrentiy Beria]]<br>[[Leon Trotsky]]<br>[[Gennady Yanayev]]<br>[[Vladimir Putin]] | ||
|goals = Expand the influence of the Soviet Union (partially successful)<br>Defeat the West (failed)<br>Retain communist rule over the Soviet Union (successful until 1991) | |skills = | ||
|goals = Expand the influence of the Soviet Union (partially successful)<br>Defeat the West (failed)<br>Retain communist rule over the Soviet Union (successful until 1991) | |||
|type of villains = Communist Oppressors | |type of villains = Communist Oppressors}} | ||
The '''Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)''' | The '''Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)''' was the founding and ruling political party of the Soviet Union. The CPSU was the sole governing party of the Soviet Union until 1990, when the Congress of People's Deputies modified Article 6 of the most recent 1977 Soviet constitution, which had granted the CPSU a monopoly over the political system. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The party was founded in 1912 by the Bolsheviks, a majority faction detached from the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, led by [[Vladimir Lenin]], who | The party was founded in 1912 by the Bolsheviks, a majority faction detached from the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, led by [[Vladimir Lenin]], who seized power from Tsar [[Nicholas II]] in the October Revolution of 1917. After 74 years, it was dissolved on 29 August 1991 on Soviet territory, soon after a failed ''coup d'état'' by hard-line CPSU leaders against Soviet president and party general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. It was completely outlawed three months later on 6 November 1991 on Russian territory. | ||
The CPSU was a Communist party, organized on the basis of democratic centralism. This principle, conceived by Lenin, entails democratic and open discussion of policy issues within the party followed by the requirement of total unity in upholding the agreed policies. | The CPSU was a Communist party, organized on the basis of democratic centralism. This principle, conceived by Lenin, entails democratic and open discussion of policy issues within the party followed by the requirement of total unity in upholding the agreed policies. | ||
The highest body within the CPSU was the Party Congress, which convened every five years. When the Congress was not in session, the Central Committee was the highest body. Because the Central Committee met twice a year, most day-to-day duties and responsibilities were vested in the Politburo, (previously the Presidium), the Secretariat and the Orgburo (until 1952). | The highest body within the CPSU was the Party Congress, which convened every five years. When the Congress was not in session, the Central Committee was the highest body. Because the Central Committee met twice a year, most day-to-day duties and responsibilities were vested in the Politburo, (previously the Presidium), the Secretariat and the Orgburo (until 1952). | ||
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After the founding of the Soviet Union in 1922, Lenin had introduced a mixed economy, commonly referred to as the New Economic Policy, which allowed for capitalist practices to resume under the Communist Party dictation in order to develop the necessary conditions for socialism to become a practical pursuit in the economically undeveloped country. | After the founding of the Soviet Union in 1922, Lenin had introduced a mixed economy, commonly referred to as the New Economic Policy, which allowed for capitalist practices to resume under the Communist Party dictation in order to develop the necessary conditions for socialism to become a practical pursuit in the economically undeveloped country. | ||
In 1929, as [[Joseph Stalin]] became the leader of the party, Marxism–Leninism, a fusion of the original ideas of German philosopher and economic theorist Karl Marx, and Lenin, became formalized as the party's guiding ideology and would remain so throughout the rest of its existence. The party pursued state socialism, under which all industries were nationalized and a command economy was implemented. | In 1929, as [[Joseph Stalin]] became the leader of the party, Marxism–Leninism, a fusion of the original ideas of German philosopher and economic theorist Karl Marx, and Lenin, became formalized as the party's guiding ideology and would remain so throughout the rest of its existence. The party pursued state socialism, under which all industries were nationalized and a command economy was implemented. After recovering from [[World War II]], reforms were implemented which decentralized economic planning and liberalized Soviet society in general under Nikita Khrushchev. | ||
After recovering from [[World War II]], reforms were implemented which decentralized economic planning and liberalized Soviet society in general under | |||
By 1980, various factors, including the continuing [[Cold War]], and ongoing nuclear arms race with the United States and other Western European powers and unaddressed inefficiencies in the economy, led to stagnant economic growth under Alexei Kosygin, and further with Leonid Brezhnev and a growing disillusionment. After the younger, vigorous Mikhail Gorbachev assumed leadership in 1985 (following two short-term elderly leaders who quickly died in succession), rapid steps were taken to transform the tottering Soviet economic system in the direction of a market economy once again. | By 1980, various factors, including the continuing [[Cold War]], and ongoing nuclear arms race with the United States and other Western European powers and unaddressed inefficiencies in the economy, led to stagnant economic growth under Alexei Kosygin, and further with Leonid Brezhnev and a growing disillusionment. After the younger, vigorous Mikhail Gorbachev assumed leadership in 1985 (following two short-term elderly leaders who quickly died in succession), rapid steps were taken to transform the tottering Soviet economic system in the direction of a market economy once again. | ||
Gorbachev and his allies envisioned the introduction of an economy similar to Lenin's earlier New Economic Policy through a program of | Gorbachev and his allies envisioned the introduction of an economy similar to Lenin's earlier New Economic Policy through a program of "perestroika", or restructuring, but their reforms, along with the institution of free multi-candidate elections led to a decline in the party's power, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the banning of the party by later last RSFSR President Boris Yeltsin and subsequent first President of an evolving democratic and free market economy of the successor Russian Federation. | ||
A number of causes contributed to CPSU's loss of control and the dissolution of the Soviet Union during the early 1990s. Some historians have written that Gorbachev's policy of | A number of causes contributed to CPSU's loss of control and the dissolution of the Soviet Union during the early 1990s. Some historians have written that Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost" (political openness) was the root cause, noting that it weakened the party's control over society. Gorbachev maintained that perestroika without glasnost was doomed to failure anyway. Others have blamed the economic stagnation and subsequent loss of faith by the general populace in communist ideology. In the final years of the CPSU's existence, the Communist Parties of the federal subjects of Russia were united into the Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). | ||
After the CPSU's demise, the Communist Parties of the Union Republics became independent and underwent various separate paths of reform. In Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation emerged and has been regarded as the inheritor of the CPSU's old Bolshevik legacy into the present day. | After the CPSU's demise, the Communist Parties of the Union Republics became independent and underwent various separate paths of reform. In Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation emerged and has been regarded as the inheritor of the CPSU's old Bolshevik legacy into the present day. | ||
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