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Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза |
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| Leader | Gennady Zyuganov |
| Founder | Oleg Shenin |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Youth wing | MSKO Komsomol |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red |
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The Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Союз коммунистических партий – Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза; СКП–КПСС; UPC–CPSU) is a federation of communist parties in the post-Soviet states founded in 1993.
Gennady Zyuganov has been the organisation's chairman since 2001. He replaced Oleg Shenin, who split off a part of the UCP–CPSU as the "Communist Party of the Soviet Union".
The structure of the UCP-CPSU consists of 18 of the communist parties of the former Soviet Union: