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HASSET Thesaurus

Concept information

POLITICS > POLITICAL GROUPS > POLITICAL PARTIES > COMMUNIST PARTY (USSR)

Preferred term

COMMUNIST PARTY (USSR)  

Definition

  • ORGANIZED ON THE BASIS OF THE BOLSHEVIK WING OF THE RUSSIAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC WORKERS' PARTY WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1903. IN 1918 BECAME THE RULING PARTY OF RUSSIA AND RENAMED AS ALL-RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY. IN 1925 RENAMED AS ALL-UNION COMMUNIST PARTY. IN 1952 RENAMED AS COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. PARTY ACTIVITIES WERE SUSPENDED IN 1991.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • ALL-RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY
  • ALL-UNION COMMUNIST PARTY
  • COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION

History note

  • TERM CREATED NOVEMBER 2008

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Definition source

  • BRITANNICA

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/3e389953-cb21-4a7a-8ce2-3f75ce4e5c11

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