Communist Party of the Soviet Union

:For other usage of the initials CPSU see CPSU (disambiguation).

End of Communist rule

The growing likelihood of the dissolution of the USSR itself led conservative elements in the CPSU to launch the August Coup in 1991 which temporarily removed Gorbachev from power. On August 19, 1991, a day before a Union Treaty was to be signed devolving power to the republics, a group calling itself the "State Emergency Committee" seized power in Moscow declaring that Gorbachev was ill and therefore relieved of his position as president. Soviet vice-president Gennadiy Yanayev was named acting president. The committee's eight members included KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov, Internal Affairs Minister Boris Pugo, Defense Minister Dmitriy Yazov, and Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov. The coup dissolved due to large public demonstrations and the efforts of Boris Yeltsin who became the real power in Russia as a result. Gorbachev returned to Moscow as president but resigned as General Secretary and vowed to purge the party of conservatives. Yeltsin had the CPSU formally banned within Russia. The KGB was disbanded as were other CPSU-related agencies and organisations. Yeltsin's action was later declared unconstitutional but by this time the USSR had ceased to exist.

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August Coup - 1991 - August 19 - Gennadiy Yanayev - KGB - Vladimir Kryuchkov - Boris Pugo - Dmitriy Yazov - Valentin Pavlov - Boris Yeltsin

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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian adherents to the CPSU tradition, particularly as it existed before Gorbachev, reorganised themselves as the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Today there is widespread flora of parties in Russia, claiming to be the successors of CPSU. Several of them used the name CPSU. However, CPRF is generally seen (due to its massive size) as the inheritor of the CPSU in Russia.

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Collapse of the Soviet Union - Communist Party of the Russian Federation

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In other republics, communists established the Armenian Communist Party, Communist Party of Azerbaijan, Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan, Communist Party of Ukraine, Communist Party of Belarus, Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, Communist Party of Kazakhstan and the Communist Party of Tajikistan.

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Armenian Communist Party - Communist Party of Azerbaijan - Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan - Communist Party of Ukraine - Communist Party of Belarus - Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova - Communist Party of Kazakhstan - Communist Party of Tajikistan

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In Turkmenistan, the local party apparatus led by Saparmurat Niyazov was converted into the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.

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Turkmenistan - Saparmurat Niyazov - Democratic Party of Turkmenistan

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In Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov converted the CPSU branch into the Democratic People's Party.

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Uzbekistan - Islam Karimov - Democratic People's Party

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In Georgia, the Socialist Labour Party was founded in 1992. This party would later evolve into the Communist Party of Georgia (SKP). Another communist faction in Georgia, which is larger than SKP, is the United Communist Party of Georgia (SEKP).

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Georgia - 1992 - Communist Party of Georgia - United Communist Party of Georgia

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In Estonia, the CPSU branch was in the hands of reformers, who converted it into the Estonian Democratic Labour Party (EDTP). A minority regrouped into the Communist Party of Estonia.

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Estonia - Estonian Democratic Labour Party - Communist Party of Estonia

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In Lithuania, the CPSU branch converted into the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania. In Latvia, communist organizations were officially banned. A major part of the party there had broken away in 1990 and formed the Latvian Social Democratic Party. The remnants of CPSU became the Union of Communists of Latvia, which went underground. Later communists regrouped into the Socialist Party of Latvia.

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Lithuania - Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania - Latvia - 1990 - Latvian Social Democratic Party - Union of Communists of Latvia - Socialist Party of Latvia

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