Communist Party of the Soviet Union (New Union)

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Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза
(CPSU; КПСС)
General Secretary Sergey Mironov
Founder Vladimir Lenin
Founded January 1912
Preceded by Bolshevik faction of the RSDLP
Headquarters Moscow, Staraya Square, 4
Newspaper Pravda
Youth wing Young Communist League and Pioneers
Membership 19 million (1986)
Ideology Market socialism
Social conservatism
Secularism
Neo-Leninism
Factions:
Anti-revisionism
Marxism–Leninism
Soviet nationalism
Political position Center-left to left-wing
International affiliation Socialist International
Colours Template:Color box Red
Slogan "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!"
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The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) is a major political party of the Soviet Union. Established by Vladimir Lenin in 1917, it was the sole governing party until 1990 when the Congress of People's Deputies modified Article 6 of the Constitution, ending the Communist Party's monopoly. It is the largest political party in the Soviet Union.

Following the reforms pioneered by Mikhail Gorbachev, the Communist Party moved away from Marxism–Leninism towards traditional socialism and social democracy.