EncyclopediaCommunist partyCommunist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union, political party that until 1991 exercised all effective power within the Soviet Union, and, as the oldest and for a long time the only ruling Communist party in the world, carried heavy or controlling influence over the Communist parties of other countries (see communism). Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Communist party in Russia and the Soviet Union from Fact Monster:
- Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union: Under Stalin - Under Stalin After the death of Lenin (1924) dissident elements in the party were silenced as ...
- Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union: Dissolution and Revival - Dissolution and Revival After Brezhnev's death (1982) and those of two short-lived successors, ...
- Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union: Seizure of Power - Seizure of Power When the Russian Revolution began in Mar., 1917, the Bolsheviks were unprepared, ...
- Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union: Bibliography - Bibliography See L. Schapiro, The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2d ed. 1971); S. F. Cohen, ...
- Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union: Origins - Origins Marxist socialism (see Marxism) took root in Russia in the 1880s. Led by Georgi Plekhanov, ...
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